Disability Equality Indicators

The Disability Equality Indicators measure progress towards disability equality

Introduction
A) Children and younger people
B) Employment outcomes and opportunities
C) Disability poverty
D) Discrimination and attitudes
E) Participation and opportunities
F) Access and use of goods and services
G) Access and suitability of housing
H) Crime and justice
I) Independent living

Introduction

The Disability Equality Indicators are a starting point in measuring progress towards disability equality.

The data on this page present the most accurate and up-to-date figures available to the ODI and are updated as new data is released throughout the year. Where significant changes or gaps are reported, they are considered to be statistically significant at the 95 per cent confidence level unless otherwise stated.

The main areas covered are

disabled children and young people
employment outcomes and opportunities
disability poverty
living standards
discrimination and attitudes
participation in positive activities
access and use of goods and services
accessibility and suitability of housing
crime and justice
independent living

As part of our ongoing effort to improve the indicators selected to measure progress, we have expanded the indicators data to include additional indicators (poverty, crime, and independent living etc.) as well as expanding existing ones (mainly around employment and educational qualifications).

A number of the indicators presented are used to help monitor progress on the Independent Living Strategy (ILS) We recognise the critical importance of tracking progress on the ILS and work is actively ongoing to expand and improve the ILS indicators.

We are aware that the current set of indicators does not cover all areas that disabled people have told us are important to measure.

One reason for this is a lack of information available to measure some of the things that disabled people have told us are important. In order to fill these gaps, the ODI is working with partners across government to improve the collection of information on disability.

We will continue to work to improve the data collected to ensure that there is transparency in relation to how disabled people's life chances compare to non-disabled people. Additional key indicators of progress will be published online as data becomes available.

	Data moving in right direction
	Data moving in wrong direction
\|\|	Broadly constant trend or no significant change
	Only baseline data available or insufficient data to determine a trend
	Insufficient data to determine significance level of change


A) Disabled children and young people	Trend since baseline	Direction of latest data	Most recent publication date
A1. Use of childcare	N/A	N/A	16 October 2009
A2. Unauthorised absence from school	\|\|	\|\|	02 June 2009
A3. Achievement at Key Stage 2 English Maths Science			02 June 2009
A4. Achievement at Key Stage 3 English Maths Science		\|\|	02 June 2009
A5. Pupils at the end of Key Stage 4 achieving 5 or more GCSEs at grades A*-C			01 December 2008
A6. 16 year olds studying for Level 3 qualifications			01 December 2008
A7. Young people who attain Level 3 qualifications by age 18			01 December 2008
A8. Young people with experience of higher education by age 19			01 December 2008
A9. First degree qualifiers attaining a first or upper second class degree	N/A	N/A	01 December 2008
A10. Students who do not continue in higher education after their first year	N/A	N/A	01 December 2008
A11. Satisfaction with higher education courses	\|\|	\|\|	01 December 2008
A12. The first destination of graduates 6 months after graduating	N/A	N/A	01 December 2008
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B) Employment outcome and opportunities	Trend since baseline	Direction of latest data	Most recent publication date
B1. Employment rates	\|\|	\|\|	29 December 2008
B2. Employment rates of disabled people, by impairment type	N/A	N/A	01 December 2008
B3. Economic activity	N/A	N/A	01 December 2008
B4. Individuals in high-level employment	\|\|	\|\|	01 December 2008
B5. Working age people who have never worked			01 December 2008
B6. Working age people in work who would like to work more hours			01 December 2008
B7. Hourly wage rates			01 December 2008
B8. Highest educational qualifications in the working age population No qualifications Level 2 Degree-level		\|\| \|\|	01 December 2008
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C) Disability poverty	Trend since baseline	Direction of latest data	Most recent publication date
C1. Children living in income poverty Before housing costs After housing costs	\|\|	\|\| \|\|	05 May 2009
C2. Children living in income poverty and material deprivation			05 May 2009
C3. Individuals living in income poverty Before housing costs After housing costs		\|\| \|\|	05 May 2009
C4. Households living in fuel poverty	N/A	N/A	03 December 2009
C5. Individuals living in persistent poverty Before housing costs After housing costs	\|\|	\|\| \|\|	03 December 2009
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D) Discrimination and attitudes	Trend since baseline	Direction of latest data	Most recent publication date
D1. Unfair treatment at work	N/A	N/A	08 December 2009
D2. The awareness of the DDA, in the general population	\|\|	\|\|	01 February 2010
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E) Participation in positive activities	Trend since baseline	Direction of latest data	Most recent publication date
E1. Volunteering Formal volunteering Informal volunteering	\|\|	\|\|	16 October 2009
E2. Civic participation	\|\|	\|\|	16 October 2009
E3. Participation in cultural, sporting and leisure activities	N/A	N/A	16 October 2009
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F) Access and use of goods and services	Trend since baseline	Direction of latest data	Most recent publication date
F1. Full size buses with low floor wheelchair access			07 January 2009
F2. Disabled people experiencing difficulties in using transport		\|\|	28 January 2010
F3. Households with access to the internet	\|\|	\|\|	01 December 2008
F4. Difficulties in accessing goods or services		\|\|	28 January 2010
F5. Adults without savings and bank accounts			01 December 2008
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G) Access and suitability of housing	Trend since baseline	Direction of latest data	Most recent publication date
G1. Suitability of accommodation for disabled people requiring adaptations to their home	\|\|	\|\|	03 December 2009
G2. Households living in non-decent accommodation	N/A	\|\|	08 December 2009
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H) Crime and justice	Trend since baseline	Direction of latest data	Most recent publication date
H1. The risk of being a victim of crime	N/A	N/A	03 December 2009
H2. Confidence in the Criminal Justice System	N/A	N/A	03 December 2009
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I) Independent Living	Trend since baseline	Direction of latest data	Most recent publication date
I1. Disabled people’s perception of the choice and control they have over their lives	\|\|	\|\|	28 January 2010
I2. People with long-term conditions supported to be independent and in control of their condition	N/A	N/A	01 December 2008
I3. 16-18 year olds not in employment, education or training (NEET)	N/A	N/A	23 June 2009
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