Survey of Disabled Adults in Private Households, 1985

<P>Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.</P>In response to a request from the DHSS, the OPCS undertook a programme of research to find out the numbers and circumstances of disabled people in Great Britain. This programme included surveys of disabled adults living in private households; disabled children living in private households; disabled adults living in communal establishments; disabled children living in communal establishments.<br><br>The Survey of Disabled Adults in Private Households,1985 has close links with a later survey undertaken by OPCS &lt;i&gt;Family Expenditure Survey Follow-up Survey of Disabled Adults, 1986-1987&lt;/i&gt; held at the Data Archive as SN:2943.<br><B>Main Topics</B>:<BR> Age, degree of severity and type of disability, sources and levels of income, nature and levels of extra costs arising from disability; effect of disability on mobility and employment, use and need for health and personal social services.<br>