Understanding issues of people living with disabilities in South Africa

dc.contributor.authorAppunni, Sathiya Susuman
dc.contributor.authorBlignaut, Renette
dc.contributor.authorLougue, Siaka
dc.date.accessioned2013-11-25T11:38:39Z
dc.date.available2013-11-25T11:38:39Z
dc.date.issued2013
dc.description.abstractThe problem of disabilities is growing all over the world. Nevertheless, some progress has been made since the year 1981 was proclaimed International Year of Disabled Persons. In 2001 people living with disabilities accounted for 5% of the South African population. Because of their disabilities or the perception society has regarding their potential, this population is mostly economically inactive. This study assesses the relationship between disabilities and the adverse socio-economic impacts. Both descriptive and logistics regression models are used to understand the problem by exploring the data of the 2006 South African General Household Survey. The overall people living with disabilities and aged 15–49 years is estimated at 1742 (961 males and 780 females), when exploring people with disabilities findings reveal that the Western Cape Province’s disabled are mostly affected by physical disabilities (40%). People living with disabilities are 3.5 times (p < 0.01) more likely to suffer from illness/injuries (flu, tuberculosis (TB) and severe cough, diarrhea, blood pressure and HIV/AIDS) than others. Therefore, the study aims to contribute to a better condition of people living with disabilities in South Africa by informing and possibly changing the public perception about them.en_US
dc.description.accreditationInternational Bibliography of Social Sciencesen_US
dc.identifier.citationAppunni, S.S. et al. (2014). Understanding issues of people living with disabilities in South Africa. Journal of Asian and African Studies, 49(5): 559-569.en_US
dc.identifier.issn0021-9096
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10566/858
dc.identifier.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0021909613500640
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.privacy.showsubmitterfalse
dc.publisherSAGE Publicationsen_US
dc.rightsThis is the post-print version of the article published available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0021909613500640
dc.status.ispeerreviewedtrue
dc.subjecten_US
dc.subjectDisabilitiesen_US
dc.subjectPopulation healthen_US
dc.subjectVulnerable populationen_US
dc.titleUnderstanding issues of people living with disabilities in South Africaen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dcterms.subjectSocio-economic

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