The report “Disability indicators for the Nordic Statistics Database: Assessment and selection” was published in September, authored by Hjördís Guðmundsdóttir, a Nordregio researcher.
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Rather than creating a brand new statistical framework from scratch, Guðmundsdóttir looked at existing data (primarily through Eurostat) to identify which indicators were relevant, comparable and suitable in a Nordic context.
The idea is to update the indicators that are linked to people with physical disabilities in the Nordic Statistics Database which is administered and maintained by Nordregio. This will make it possible to follow the same indicators over time.
You do not need to be a statistician to read this report, according to Hjördís Guðmundsdóttir.
“Anyone who is interested in the quality of life of people with disabilities will find this report interesting,” she says in an interview published on Nordregio’s website.
The report is made up of eight chapters with relevant statistics. One of them focuses on access to the labour market.
This shows, for example (figure 16), that in all the Nordic countries, people with disabilities are more likely to be outside of the labour market than people without disabilities. The gap between the two groups is widest in Denmark and narrowest in Iceland.
