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A Journey of Disability in India: An Investigation by Definitional Difference

Ajit Yadav, GIZ

The present paper focuses on critical analysis of the definitional and numerical difference between the two Census 2001, 2011 and the prevalence by different types of disability calculated from National Sample Survey (NSS), 2002. This paper also documents the effect of definitional differences in the prevalence estimates of disability from the Census and NSS. Keeping these definitional gaps in mind, future disability surveys can be designed so that the estimates are similar and uniform at the National level.

Keywords: Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

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  Presented in Session P1.