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Published Materials

Below is a list of published journal articles, books (including book chapters and proceedings) and reports that focus on the tools developed by the Washington Group. This WG Published Materials…

Sexual Functioning in Men With and Without Disabilities 2019

Sexual Functioning in Men With and Without Disabilities 2019

Definition of Disability

The UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD) recognizes that ‘disability is an evolving concept’ (UNCRPD, 2006, p. 1), and defines persons with disabilities as those who…

Conceptual Framework

The Washington Group (WG) question sets were developed for use in censuses and surveys according to the Fundamental Principles of Official Statistics. The questions reflect advances in the…

WG Workgroups

The WG’s mission and adopted work plan, decided upon by all WG members, is carried out by workgroups constituted to address specific tasks related to disability measurement, methodologies and…

Support and Funding

In the past, the Washington Group (WG) received funding from the World Bank for the development of the WG-Short Set of questions (WG-SS), and collaborated with the Statistics Division…

Past WG Annual Meetings

Past Annual Meetings of the Washington Group on Disability Statistics To date, 20 annual meetings have been held by the WG: SITE DATE Washington DC 02/2002 …

A Washington Group Primer

View and download the extended Washington Group Question Set View and download the Washington Group/UNICEF Question Sets for children

WG Partners and Collaborations

Save the Children launches report: – Protect A Generation Report: The impact of COVID-19 on children The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted millions of people around the world. For some, it has caused…

WG/UNICEF Child Functioning Module (CFM) 5-17 Syntax

Analytic syntax in SPSS and Stata – as well as tabulation plans and tabulation narratives) –  are currently available on the UNICEF…