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Measuring disability in India
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Abstract Disability status is often transitory or a matter of insidious change. A person's ability to function properly depends to a considerable extent on her/ his social and physical environment. One area that slips through the large-scale studies like the census and National Sample Survey is the impact of... view more
Disability status is often transitory or a matter of insidious change. A person's ability to function properly depends to a considerable extent on her/ his social and physical environment. One area that slips through the large-scale studies like the census and National Sample Survey is the impact of the state and the market on the lives of people with disabilities. There is a case for a more fundamental re-envisioning of the nature of the disability estimates.... view less
Keywords
disability; India; estimation; social factors
Classification
Social Policy
Social Problems
Method
applied research
Free Keywords
disability; disability estimates; India
Document language
English
Publication Year
2008
Page/Pages
p. 22-24
Journal
Economic and Political Weekly, 43 (2008) 12-13
Status
Published Version; reviewed
Licence
Creative Commons - Attribution