221 Who Need Really Help for the Survival Life: Population with Poverty Also Disability

Wednesday, April 25, 2012
Abay Poster Exhibition and Hall (Millennium Hall)
Xiaoying Zheng Institute of Population Research/WHO Collaborating Center on Reproductive Health and Population Science, Peking University, China
Lan Liu Institute of Population Research/WHO Collaborating Center on Reproductive Health and Population Science, Peking University, China
Xinming Song Institute of Population Research/WHO Collaborating Center on Reproductive Health and Population Science, Peking University, China
Gong Chen Institute of Population Research/WHO Collaborating Center on Reproductive Health and Population Science, Peking University, China
Background

By the end of 2005, the number of poor disabled people is 9.94 million in China accounting for 21.61 per cent of the poor people. We use data from Second China National Sample Survey on Disability to conduct a research on population with poverty also disability. As the information about disability in developing countries is very limited, the findings presented in this paper enhance knowledge about poverty and disability.

Method

We measured the living conditions of disabled people and analyzed the differences between the disabled and not-disabled using data from Second China National Sample Survey on Disability. Social and economic status was measured using household income and characteristics. The differences were revealed by descriptive analysis.

Results

Disabled people are more likely to have incomes below poverty level. The education level of not-disabled people is higher than that of disabled people, higher for male than female. More than third fourths of the disabled people engaged in the agriculture, woods, herd, irrigation works. For the disabled people, income has great influence on the access to social security.

 Interpretation

Compared with not-disabled people, disabled people are likely to get into the difficulties of income, education, employment and the achievement of social security. Not only does disability add to the risk of poverty, but conditions of poverty add to the risk of disability. Exclusion and marginalization reduce the opportunities for disabled people to contribute productively to household and community, and increase the risk of falling into poverty.

Keywords:  poverty; disability; disabled people; Social supports; China

Acknowledgments: National Key Project (973) of Study on Interaction Mechanism of Environment and Genetic of Birth Defect in China  (No. 2007CB5119001), State Key Funds of Social Science Project (Research on Disability Prevention Measurement in China, No. 09&ZD072 ), Education Ministry Key Program (No. 02185), National Yang Zi Scholar Program


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