Microcensus 2002, 2. quarter: Utilisation of PC and Internet, Impairments and Disabilities (SUF edition)

Full edition for scientific use. More than 37 million handicapped people live in the European Union. The Council of Europe has declared the year 2003 the European year of handicapped people to give them a chance to make people all over Europe aware of their interests. One aim is the development of the measures needed to better integrate handicapped persons in all parts of social life. In this context, the European Commission consigned a EU-wide study (performed as an ad-hoc module to the LFS) on the employment of handicapped people in the year 2002. The goal was to collect a comprehensive and connected data set on the employments situation of handicapped people. In Austria, the study was conducted as a Microcensus special survey (“handicaps and disabilities”) in June 2002. Starting point of the survey program was the question on lasting health problems or handicaps. The term “lasting” denoted a time span of at least 6 months. The basic concept of health problems is broad. It includes physical injury, sensory problems (e.g. subjectively felt visual impairments despite wearing glasses), heart- and breathing troubles and walking impairment, as well as other progressive diseases (e.g. cancer, Parkinson disease, etc.), psychological problems and learning disabilities. In addition to the question on the existence of a lasting health problem or a handicap, it was asked whether this problem or handicap affected the everyday life. “Everyday life” denotes important personal performances, for instance eating, washing/bathing, exercises such as climbing the stairs, going shopping, cooking or doing the laundry. An impairment of theses performances exists if they persist despite the usage of aids (e.g. hearing aid, glasses), the utilisation of medical treatments and the help of other people.

本版本为科研专用完整版。欧盟境内现有超过3700万残障人士。欧洲委员会（Council of Europe）将2003年定为欧洲残障人士年，旨在提升全欧民众对残障人士群体权益的关注。该活动的核心目标之一是制定适配举措，推动残障人士全面融入社会生活各领域。在此背景下，欧盟委员会于2002年委托开展了一项覆盖全欧盟的残障人士就业研究，该研究作为劳动力调查（Labour Force Survey, LFS）的特设模块实施。本研究的目标为收集一套全面且关联完整的残障人士就业状况数据集。2002年6月，奥地利以微型人口普查专项调查（“残障与失能”）的形式落地该研究。本次调查的起始核心问题为是否存在长期健康问题或残障状况，此处“长期”的定义为持续时长不少于6个月。健康问题的定义范畴较为宽泛，涵盖躯体损伤、感官障碍（例如即使佩戴眼镜仍主观感知存在视力受损）、心肺不适与行走障碍，以及其他进展性疾病（如癌症、帕金森病等）、心理问题与学习障碍。除询问是否存在长期健康问题或残障状况外，调查还涉及该问题是否对日常生活造成影响。此处“日常生活”指个体的核心日常活动，例如进食、洗漱/沐浴、爬楼梯、购物、烹饪或洗衣等。若在使用辅助器具（如助听器、眼镜）、接受医疗干预及获得他人协助后，上述活动仍存在困难，则认定为该活动存在功能障碍。