Disability, Poverty, and Schooling in Developing Countries : Results from 14 Household Surveys

Filmer, Deon

dc.creator	Filmer, Deon
dc.date	2012-03-30T07:12:36Z
dc.date	2012-03-30T07:12:36Z
dc.date	2008-01-30
dc.date.accessioned	2023-02-18T19:41:07Z
dc.date.available	2023-02-18T19:41:07Z
dc.identifier	World Bank Economic Review
dc.identifier	1564-698X
dc.identifier	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/4475
dc.identifier.uri	http://localhost:8080/xmlui/handle/CUHPOERS/249960
dc.description	Analysis of 14 household surveys from 13 developing countries suggests that 1–2 percent of the population have disabilities. Adults with disabilities typically live in poorer than average households: disability is associated with about a 10 percentage point increase in the probability of falling in the two poorest quintiles. Much of the association appears to reflect lower educational attainment among adults with disabilities. People of ages 6–17 with disabilities do not live in systematically wealthier or poorer households than other people of their age, although in all countries studied they are significantly less likely to start school or to be enrolled at the time of the survey. The order of magnitude of the school participation deficit associated with disability—which is as high as 50 percentage points in 3 of the 13 countries—is often larger than deficits related to other characteristics, such as gender, rural residence, or economic status differentials. The results suggest a worrisome vicious cycle of low schooling attainment and subsequent poverty among people with disabilities in developing countries.
dc.publisher	World Bank
dc.rights	CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO
dc.rights	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo
dc.rights	World Bank
dc.subject	Adults with disabilities
dc.subject	blindness
dc.subject	Children with disabilities
dc.subject	disabilities
dc.subject	Disability
dc.subject	disabled
dc.subject	disabled people
dc.subject	gender
dc.subject	hearing
dc.subject	participation in society
dc.title	Disability, Poverty, and Schooling in Developing Countries : Results from 14 Household Surveys
dc.type	Journal Article
dc.type	Journal Article
dc.coverage	Cambodia
dc.coverage	Indonesia
dc.coverage	Bolivia
dc.coverage	Romania