Population by type of basic activity difficulty, sex and age

In 2011, the European Union Labour Force Survey (EU-LFS) included an ad hoc module (AHM) on employment of disabled people. The module consisted of 11 variables dealing with:
Health problems and difficulties in basic activities;Limitations in work caused by health problems/difficulties in basic activities;Special assistance needed or used by people with health problems/difficulties in basic activities;Limitation in work because of other reasons. On the basis of how the module was operationalised, the following two main definitions for disability were considered for presenting the results:
Disabled persons = People having a basic activity difficulty (such as seeing, hearing, walking, communicating);Disabled persons = People having a work limitation caused by a longstanding health condition and/or a basic activity difficulty. 32 countries have implemented this module: the EU 28 Member States plus Turkey, Iceland, Norway and Switzerland. The Norwegian data are not disseminated because the AHM questionnaire in Norway only partly complies with the Commission Regulation (EU) No 317/2010 and consequently, the data are incomplete and partly comparable. Missing values, don't know and refusal answers are not considered in the calculations. It means the indicators have been worked out on the respondents and validated answers only.

2011年，欧盟劳动力调查（European Union Labour Force Survey, EU-LFS）增设了关于残疾人就业的特设模块（ad hoc module, AHM）。该模块共包含11项变量，涉及四类内容：基本活动中的健康问题与困难、因健康问题或基本活动困难导致的工作受限、存在健康问题或基本活动困难的人群所需或使用的特殊协助、因其他原因引发的工作受限。基于该模块的实施框架，在呈现最终结果时，采用了两项核心残疾定义：1. 残疾人：存在基本活动困难（如视力、听力、行走、沟通障碍等）的人群；2. 残疾人：存在因长期健康状况导致的工作受限，且/或存在基本活动困难的人群。共有32个国家参与了该模块的实施：欧盟28个成员国，外加土耳其、冰岛、挪威与瑞士。其中挪威的数据未对外发布，原因在于该国的特设模块问卷仅部分符合欧盟委员会第317/2010号条例，因此数据存在不完整性且部分不可比。本次计算未纳入缺失值、“不清楚”及拒绝回答的样本，即相关指标仅基于完成有效应答的受访者群体计算得出。