China is to launch the second national sample survey on disabled
people from April 1 to May 31 this year, the Disabled Persons'
Federation announced?on Thursday.
As from April 1, 70,000 investigators will pay door-to-door
visits to households in sample areas, which are selected at
random.
The survey will cover 734 county-level administrative areas and
5,980 communities with 2.6 million people. It aims at providing
efficient materials for the authorities to calculate the numbers of
the disabled population across the country.
Over the past year, 737 specialists in the fields of population
study, statistics, sociology, medical science and rehabilitation
have been trained for accomplishing the sample survey.
Pilot surveys have been carried out on a small scale to check
the reliability of the move.
The government decided to launch the second national survey on
disabled population as early as 2004. Deng Pufang, Chairman of the
China Disabled Persons' Federation, was appointed head of a group
in charge of the sample survey.
?
(Xinhua News Agency March 31, 2006)
