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PROFILE OF THE DISABLED
POPULATION IN ALBANIA
Céline Ferré,
Emira Galanxhi
Olgeta Dhono
KEY FINDINGS
 6.2% of the adult population in Albania is disabled
 Disabled working-age adults are 2 times more likely
to be out of the labor force than non-disabled adults
 1 in 5 youth (15-64 year-old) with vision restriction
is looking for a job but cannot find one
 Disability prevalence does NOT vary across income
quintiles
 Disabled persons from the bottom quintile are 2
times more likely to experience or more disabilities
than the top quintile
2
DATA AND DEFINITIONS
 Washington Group (WG) general measure on
disability
 Represent the most commonly occurring limitations in
basic activity functioning
 Set of 6 questions asked in the census: seeing, hearing,
mobility, self-care, cognition, and communication
 Two datasets
 Census 2011
 LSMS 2012 with similar questions on disability (seeing,
hearing, body deformation, limbs, cognition,
communication and other)
3
4
5
6.2% OF THE ADULT POPULATION IN ALBANIA
SUFFERS FROM SOME SORT OF DISABILITY
 2,084,137 individuals aged 15 and above
 Disability prevalence:
 Most common = movement restrictions (3.7%)
 Least common = hearing and communication (1.7% and
1.%)
 Vision, learning and self-care fall somewhere in
between
 Results are consistent with the evidence form other
Eastern European and Central Asian countries
(Mete, 2008)
 22% of the population thus reports having some
difficulty, strong difficulty or inability to perform daily
tasks 6
7
GEOGRAPHIC BREAKDOWN
 Results don’t vary much across regions
 Tirana displays the lowest incidence of disability (less
than 5%)
 Gjirokaster has the highest incidence with 8% of the
population
 Disability incidence is higher in less connected
areas…
 … but concentrated – in terms of absolute numbers
– around the biggest agglomerations: Tirane,
Durres, Shkodra, Elbasan
8
DISABILITY DISTRIBUTION,
CENSUS 2011
9
Number of persons 15 year and over
who reported at least disability /
Total population aged 15 years and
over
Ratio calculated for each commune
and municipality
OLDER AGE COHORTS ARE MORE AFFECTED BY
DIFFICULTIES IN PERFORMING DAILY TASKS…
10
… ESPECIALLY PHYSICAL DIFFICULTIES
11
INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES ARE
CONCENTRATED IN LARGER HOUSEHOLDS
12
DISABILITY IS CORRELATED WITH LOWER
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
 Disabled children are overrepresented in the
category of primary-school-aged children not
attending school
 75% only of children with some disabilities are enrolled
 The picture varies greatly by type of disability faced
by children
 more than 2/3 of the children with eyesight,
communication, cognition and self-care impairments are
enrolled in school
 only 1/2 of children with hearing difficulties or mobility
difficulties are attending schools
13
14
THE EDUCATION GAP IS PARTICULARLY LARGE
FOR YOUTH AND ELDERS
15
DISABLED ADULTS ARE 5 TIMES LESS LIKELY TO BE
WORKING THAN THE NON-DISABLED POPULATION
16
THOSE WITH COGNITIVE, SELF-CARE AND
COMMUNICATION RESTRICTIONS EMERGE AS THE
MOST DISADVANTAGED IN TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT
PROSPECTS
17
WORKING-AGE VALID MEMBERS OF HOUSEHOLDS
WITH AT LEAST ONE DISABLED HOUSEHOLD
MEMBER ARE LESS LIKELY TO BE EMPLOYED
18
DISABILITY AND INCOME
 No higher prevalence of disability among lower
expenditure groups
 Yet the population in the top quintile appears to
suffer more from partial limitations
19
SOCIAL TRANSFERS
 Households with disabled members are quite
dependent on social protection
 79% of all households with a disabled member are
covered by at least one social assistance transfer
 But half of the households who receive the disability
assistance have no disabled member
20
GROUPING DISABLED POPULATION INTO
GROUPS
 We use a Latent Class Analysis method to group
individuals with disabilities
 Each group is made of people who look most like one
another
 Each group looks least like one another
21

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Profile of the Disabled Population in Albania

  • 1. PROFILE OF THE DISABLED POPULATION IN ALBANIA Céline Ferré, Emira Galanxhi Olgeta Dhono
  • 2. KEY FINDINGS  6.2% of the adult population in Albania is disabled  Disabled working-age adults are 2 times more likely to be out of the labor force than non-disabled adults  1 in 5 youth (15-64 year-old) with vision restriction is looking for a job but cannot find one  Disability prevalence does NOT vary across income quintiles  Disabled persons from the bottom quintile are 2 times more likely to experience or more disabilities than the top quintile 2
  • 3. DATA AND DEFINITIONS  Washington Group (WG) general measure on disability  Represent the most commonly occurring limitations in basic activity functioning  Set of 6 questions asked in the census: seeing, hearing, mobility, self-care, cognition, and communication  Two datasets  Census 2011  LSMS 2012 with similar questions on disability (seeing, hearing, body deformation, limbs, cognition, communication and other) 3
  • 4. 4
  • 5. 5
  • 6. 6.2% OF THE ADULT POPULATION IN ALBANIA SUFFERS FROM SOME SORT OF DISABILITY  2,084,137 individuals aged 15 and above  Disability prevalence:  Most common = movement restrictions (3.7%)  Least common = hearing and communication (1.7% and 1.%)  Vision, learning and self-care fall somewhere in between  Results are consistent with the evidence form other Eastern European and Central Asian countries (Mete, 2008)  22% of the population thus reports having some difficulty, strong difficulty or inability to perform daily tasks 6
  • 7. 7
  • 8. GEOGRAPHIC BREAKDOWN  Results don’t vary much across regions  Tirana displays the lowest incidence of disability (less than 5%)  Gjirokaster has the highest incidence with 8% of the population  Disability incidence is higher in less connected areas…  … but concentrated – in terms of absolute numbers – around the biggest agglomerations: Tirane, Durres, Shkodra, Elbasan 8
  • 9. DISABILITY DISTRIBUTION, CENSUS 2011 9 Number of persons 15 year and over who reported at least disability / Total population aged 15 years and over Ratio calculated for each commune and municipality
  • 10. OLDER AGE COHORTS ARE MORE AFFECTED BY DIFFICULTIES IN PERFORMING DAILY TASKS… 10
  • 11. … ESPECIALLY PHYSICAL DIFFICULTIES 11
  • 12. INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES ARE CONCENTRATED IN LARGER HOUSEHOLDS 12
  • 13. DISABILITY IS CORRELATED WITH LOWER EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT  Disabled children are overrepresented in the category of primary-school-aged children not attending school  75% only of children with some disabilities are enrolled  The picture varies greatly by type of disability faced by children  more than 2/3 of the children with eyesight, communication, cognition and self-care impairments are enrolled in school  only 1/2 of children with hearing difficulties or mobility difficulties are attending schools 13
  • 14. 14
  • 15. THE EDUCATION GAP IS PARTICULARLY LARGE FOR YOUTH AND ELDERS 15
  • 16. DISABLED ADULTS ARE 5 TIMES LESS LIKELY TO BE WORKING THAN THE NON-DISABLED POPULATION 16
  • 17. THOSE WITH COGNITIVE, SELF-CARE AND COMMUNICATION RESTRICTIONS EMERGE AS THE MOST DISADVANTAGED IN TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT PROSPECTS 17
  • 18. WORKING-AGE VALID MEMBERS OF HOUSEHOLDS WITH AT LEAST ONE DISABLED HOUSEHOLD MEMBER ARE LESS LIKELY TO BE EMPLOYED 18
  • 19. DISABILITY AND INCOME  No higher prevalence of disability among lower expenditure groups  Yet the population in the top quintile appears to suffer more from partial limitations 19
  • 20. SOCIAL TRANSFERS  Households with disabled members are quite dependent on social protection  79% of all households with a disabled member are covered by at least one social assistance transfer  But half of the households who receive the disability assistance have no disabled member 20
  • 21. GROUPING DISABLED POPULATION INTO GROUPS  We use a Latent Class Analysis method to group individuals with disabilities  Each group is made of people who look most like one another  Each group looks least like one another 21