Overview of regional results
| Global | Europe and Central Asia | East Asia and the Pacific | Latin America and the Caribbean | North America | Middle East and North Africa | Sub-Saharan Africa | South Asia | |
| Datasets reviewed | 93 | 13 | 8 | 23 | 3 | 5 | 39 | 2 |
| With any disability question (%) | 49.5 | 38.5 | 25.0 | 91.3 | 100.0 | 20.0 | 35.9 | 50.0 |
| With functional difficulty questions (%) | 3.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 33.3 | 0.0 | 2.6 | 0.0 |
| WG-SS (%) | 2.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 33.3 | 0.0 | 2.6 | 0.0 |
| Other functional difficulty (%) | 1.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 33.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| With other disability questions (%) | 49.5 | 38.5 | 25.0 | 91.3 | 100.0 | 20.0 | 33.3 | 50.0 |
| Single functional difficulty (%) | 34.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 87.0 | 33.3 | 0.0 | 28.2 | 0.0 |
| Broad activity limitation (%) | 1.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 33.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| General disability (%) | 7.5 | 15.4 | 12.5 | 4.3 | 33.3 | 20.0 | 0.0 | 50.0 |
| Disability benefit (%) | 8.6 | 23.1 | 12.5 | 0.0 | 33.3 | 0.0 | 7.7 | 0.0 |
| Discrimination (%) | 8.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 20.5 | 0.0 |
Bold values signify highest usage of any disability question in HFPS.
*Source: Authors’ own calculations based on HFPS dataset review.
HFPS, high-frequency phone survey; WG-SS, Washington Group Short Set.