Factsheet: Disability In Jharkhand, India
Background
The Government of India released the National Report of the fifth round of the National Family Health Survey (NFHS-5) in May 2022.
The National Family Health Survey 2019–21 (NFHS-5), the fifth in the NFHS series, comprises detailed information on key indicators like population, health, and nutrition for India and each state/Union Territory (UT). However, NFHS-5 included topics on disability, preschool education, access to a toilet facility, etc.
Please find the further detailed State and District Reports and Factsheets for your reference here.
About NFHS
The National Family Health Survey (NFHS) is a large-scale, multi-round survey conducted on a representative sample of households throughout India. The NFHS is a collaborative project of the International Institute for Population Sciences(IIPS), Mumbai, India; ICF, Calverton, Maryland, USA, and the East-West Center, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA. The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MOHFW), Government of India, designated IIPS as the nodal agency, responsible for providing coordination and technical guidance for the NFHS. NFHS was funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) with supplementary support from United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF). IIPS collaborated with a number of Field Organizations (FO) for survey implementation. Each FO was responsible for conducting survey activities in one or more states covered by the NFHS. Technical assistance for the NFHS was provided by ICF and the East-West Center.
Disability in Jharkhand
The respondent to the Household Questionnaire provided information for all usual household members on whether or not they have any disability in specified domains. The domains of disability are hearing, speech, visual, mental, locomotor, and other. Less than 1 percent (0.6%) of the de jure household population has any disability. The most prominent types of disability are locomotor (0.3% among males and 0.1% among females), mental disability (0.2% among males and 0.1% among females), and speech disability (0.2% among males and 0.1% among females). Men are slightly more likely than women to have any disability (0.8% men compared with 0.5% women). The proportion of household members who have any disability rises with increasing age. For instance, almost 2 percent of the household members aged 70 and above are reported to have any disability, compared with less than 1 percent (0.5%) of household members aged less than 15 years.
Table: Disability in Jharkhand
Percentage of de jure household population having a disability by type of disability, according to the residence, age, and sex, Jharkhand, 2020–21.
Annexure
National Family Health Survey, India 2019–20 (NFHS-5): Household Questionnaire
- Question No. 31:
Does any usual resident of your household including you have any disability?
2. Question No. 32:
Please tell me the names of those persons.
Record the name and line number of each person mentioned.
If no more persons with any disability, Record ‘95’.
3. Question No. 33:
For Each Person With A Disability, Ask:
What type of disability does (NAME) have?
Any Other?
Reference
International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS) and ICF. 2021. National Family Health Survey (NFHS-5), India, 2019–21: Jharkhand. Mumbai: IIPS. Link: <http://rchiips.org/nfhs/NFHS-5Reports/Jharkhand.pdf>.
About Author
Prepared by Abhishek Kumar, NCPEDP-Javed Abidi Fellow on Disability.
The author can be reached at abhishek.ncpedp@gmail.com
