Guidance

Using disability data

How to collect and use data to help improve the lives of disabled people.

• From: Office for Disability Issues and Department for Work and Pensions
• Published: 14 January 2014
• Last updated: 4 September 2014
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  1. 4 September 2014

     Added part 2 of the guide (about research)

  2. 14 January 2014

     First published.

Documents

Part 1 (data): Making disability data work for you: a community data toolkit

PDF, 633 KB, 100 pages

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Rich Text Format: Part 1 (data) Making disability data work for you: a community data toolkit

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Part 2 (research): Making disability research work for you: a community data toolkit

PDF, 534 KB, 86 pages

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Rich Text Format: Part 2 (research): Making disability research work for you: a community data toolkit

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Details

Part 1 explains how to find and use existing data.

Part 2 is a basic guide to conducting social research to obtain data that’s not available elsewhere.