Health and Activity Limitation Survey, 1986 [Canada]: Children in Households

The Health and Activity Limitation Survey (HALS) was conducted by Statistics Canada, in response to Recommendation 113 of OBSTACLES, the report from the Special Parliamentary Committee on the Disabled and the Handicapped. The survey - its content and format - was developed through extensive consultation with all levels of government in Canada, associations of and for disabled persons, and disabled persons themselves. The objectives of HALS were: to extend coverage of the survey to include disabled persons residing in the Yukon, the Northwest Territories, on Indian reserves and in institutions; to interview a sufficient number of disabled persons to enable the release of data for subprovincial (such as large municipalities and groups of small municipalities) as well as data on disabilities with a low prevalence (such as Alzheimer's disease); and to extend the definition of disability to include individuals whose disability was due solely to the presence of a psychiatric condition.健康与活动受限调查（Health and Activity Limitation Survey, HALS）由加拿大统计局（Statistics Canada）实施，旨在响应加拿大议会残疾与残障人士特别委员会发布的《障碍》（OBSTACLES）报告中的第113项建议。本次调查的内容与形式，系通过与加拿大各级政府、残疾人相关协会以及残障人士本人开展广泛磋商后确立。该调查的核心目标包括：其一，扩大调查覆盖范围，将居住在育空地区、西北地区、印第安保留地及各类机构中的残障人士纳入调研范畴；其二，访谈足量残障人士作为受访样本，以支持发布省以下行政区域（如大型自治市及小型自治市集群）的相关数据，以及低患病率残疾（如阿尔茨海默病）的细分数据；其三，拓展残疾定义的边界，将仅因精神疾病导致残疾的个体纳入统计范围。