What types of data are needed?

The decisions or actions that a humanitarian response needs to take will determine what kinds of data it needs to collect.

Quantitative data (information that can be measured and calculated) may be used.
  • To identify individuals with disabilities and calculate the number of persons with disabilities in an affected population (via registration data, household surveys, household estimates, etc.).
  • To determine the number and location of accessible and inaccessible facilities.
  • To disaggregate data on needs and risks (for example, the number or proportion of food insecure households that are headed by persons with disabilities).
  • To monitor access to assistance (for example, establish the number or proportion of participants in livelihood programmes who are persons with disabilities).
  • To monitor protection concerns (for example, establish the number of human rights violations, or types of human rights violation, experienced by persons with disabilities).
Qualitative data (information that is descriptive) may be used.
  • To collate the views and priorities of persons with disabilities, for example via feedback and complaint processes.
  • To understand the risks and barriers that persons with disabilities face, as well as enabling factors, for example via focus group discussions and key informant interviews.
  • To identify specific risks, barriers and enablers to accessing assistance that persons with disabilities encounter, for example through policy and document reviews.
  • To monitor protection concerns, for example by privately interviewing persons with disabilities about the human rights violations they have experienced.
  • To obtain detailed information about the knowledge, attitudes and perceptions of humanitarian actors and local communities with regard to persons with disabilities, for example via surveys or interviews.
  • To map OPDs and accessible services, for example by gathering 5W data (Who does what, when, where and for whom?).