# Presentation: 170246

## 6th WG Meeting: Next steps

- Jennifer Madans
- U.S.A.

## Workgroup on short set 

- Consider additional revisions to short set
- Address clause for vision and hearing questions
- Revise communication question
- Revise introduction to question set which will be influenced by changes to communication question
- Develop alternative (optional) question on upper body function
- Address issue of using short set as a screener (subgroup work)

## Workgroup on data analysis

- Continue analysis of pre-test data
- Additional analysis with WHO/ESCAP to identify discrepancies and commonalities
- Evaluate issues with data from Viet Nam (disparities between responses to questions on vision, hearing, and self-care for respondents reporting “unable”)
- Evaluate proxy data
- Evaluate responses for children
- Additional analyses with field test data

## Workgroup on data analysis

- Evaluate how questions work relative to socio-economic and demographic factors
- Decide on cut-off age for administering questions (at what age do questions apply)
- Look across domains in which respondents reporting difficulties in order to get a better understanding of problematic response patterns (especially for self care)
- Investigate profiles of subgroups defined by functioning status
- Evaluate subpopulations we might be missing using data from Zambia

## Joint work: workgroups on short set and analysis

- Publication of test results
- Description of process
- Results of testing
- Strengths and limitations of data set
- Comparisons to other work
- Examples of country experiences
- Identify issues for further research

## Workgroup on extended set/s

- Self-organize group
- Canada and Bermuda volunteered to be on workgroup
- Determine if subgroups need to be formed
- Write position paper specific to developing extended set
- Purpose: equalization of opportunities
- Plan and approach
- Add to and extend questions on existing domains
- Review and select existing questions
- Test question set if time allows

## Workgroup on methodological issues

- Continue work on methodological issues?

## Plan for UN Commission Report

- Brief history of WG
- Activities during last year
- WG endorses short set although there may be modifications
- Describe collaborations with DPOs and international organizations
- Refer to UN Convention and Principles of Official Statistics documents
- Seek approval of WG work plan
- Provide technical assistance to countries if funding available
- Continue analysis of data
- Development of extended sets

## Additional recommendations

- Prepare usual executive summary of this meeting
- Develop 4-page summary of pre-test results to  inform governmental agencies
- Develop more general document describing how to use and interpret the data
- Address issue of special populations (children, etc.)

## Objectives for 7th meeting

- Present additional work on short set
- Present results of additional pre-testing (if any)
- Present results of additional analyses of pre-test data
- Present any revisions to original six questions
- Present work on use of short set as a screener
- Present option for measuring upper body function
- Present proposal for extended set and test results if available
- Discuss strategic issues

## Upcoming WG meetings

- 7th meeting
- Dublin, Ireland
- September 19-21, 2007
- 8th meeting
- Philippines