DEMOGRAPHY OF CHILD DISABILITY AND REHABILITATION

描述：(改编自申请者的描述)这个项目将(1) 制定第一个项目的概念、操作措施和方法 具有全国代表性的残疾儿童人口学研究 康复支助；(2)将这一分析框架应用于(A)衡量 儿童残疾和人口的年龄特定时点患病率 伤残率差异，以及(B)说明人口统计 残疾儿童的构成；以及(3)衡量残疾儿童的类型和 残疾儿童康复支助的普及率； 描述其中的人口差异。这项研究使用了关于儿童的数据 1994年全国健康访谈调查中收集的0-17岁儿童，其 兼性残疾和家庭资源补充及其残疾 大约一年后进行的回访调查。

DESCRIPTION: (Adapted from applicant's description) This project will (1) develop the concepts, operational measures, and methodology for the first nationally representative study of the demography of child disability and rehabilitation supports; (2) apply this analytic framework to (a) measure age specific point prevalence rates of child disability and demographic differentials in disability rates, and (b) describe the demographic composition of children with disability; and (3) gauge the types and prevalence of rehabilitation supports for children with disabilities, and describe demographic differentials therein. The study uses data on children age 0-17 collected in the 1994 National Health Interview Survey, its concurrent Disability and Family Resources Supplements, and its Disability Follow Back Survey conducted about one year later.