Placement of the Module in the Questionnaire

The six questions of the WG-SS are best situated either at the beginning of a survey or census questionnaire (together with the demographic information collected on household family members) or towards the beginning of a section that deals with health information. The module should not be added on at the end of the questionnaire.  Under no circumstances should the questions immediately follow any questions on disability, since this affects how respondents will react to the questions.

Table 3 shows selected national practices in the placement of the questions within questionnaires related to disability that were part of recent Household Surveys or Population Censuses implemented by some Arab countries. Bahrain, Iraq, Mauritania, Morocco, Palestine, Qatar and Sudan have placed the questions related to disability with the demographic characteristics, while the rest of the countries located them towards the end of the questionnaire. 

Table 3. Selected national practices of the placement of the disability questions

Country Name of Survey/Census + Year Demographic characteristics Educational characteristics Economic characteristics
Bahrain Census 2010  x    
Egypt Labour Force Survey 2016      x
Iraq Poverty Map and Maternal Mortality Survey 2013 x    
Jordan Census 2015   x  
Lebanon Household Budget Survey 2011     x
Libya PAPFAM 2014     x
Mauritania Census 2013 x    
Morocco Census 2014 x    
Oman Census 2010     x
Palestine Census 2007 x    
Qatar Census 2010 x    
Saudi Arabia Demographic Survey 2016     x
Sudan Census 2008 x    
Syria Budget Survey 2007     x
Tunisia Census 2014     x
UAE (Sharjah) Census 2015     x
UAU (Abu Dhabi) Laboor Force Survey 2014     x
Yemen Household Budget Survey 2014    x