The 1st China National Sample Survey on Disability

In order to have a comprehensive understanding of the quantity, structure, distribution, causes of disability, family conditions and their rehabilitation, education, employment and participation in social life of the disabled population, and provide a reliable basis for the formulation of laws, guidelines and policies concerning persons with disabilities, the State Council approved to conduct the First China National Sample Survey on Disability. The standard time for the sample survey was 0：00 on April 1, 1987. The survey was conducted simultaneously in 29 provinces. Using probability proportional sampling method, 424 counties were selected from 29 provinces. A total of 369,816 households and 1,579,314 individuals were surveyed, accounting for 1.50‰ of the country's total population. The categories of people with disabilities surveyed include: visual disability, hearing and speech disability, intellectual disability, physical disability and mental disability; Persons with two or more disabilities are classified as comprehensive disabilities.