A Report on the Impact of the Living Conditions Studies (LCS) on disability in southern Africa

Figures & data

Table 1. Variables measured in each survey per household and individual levels.

Household level

- Demographics (location, household size, etc.)

- Housing & infrastructure

- Socio-economic status

- Household income & expenses

- Dietary diversity

- Access to information

- Distance from services

- Transportation

Individual level

- Demographics (age, gender)

- Daily life activities

- Assistance needed in daily life

- Restrictions in social participation

- Social participation

- Mental and physical Health

- Health literacy

- Well-being

- Impairments

- Level of disability

- Cause and onset of disability/impairment

- Assistive technology

- Access to services

- Environmental barriers

- Education & literacy

- Economic activity

- Grants

Table 2. Interviews conducted October 2016–December 2016.

Country	Organisation
SAFOD region	Southern African Federation of the Disabled (SAFOD)
Malawi	Federation of Disability Organisations in Malawi (FEDOMA) 4 interviews
	Malawian National Association of the Deaf 2 interviews
	Malawian Council for the Handicapped (MACOHA)
	Association of Physically Disabled
	Disabled Women in Development
	Department of Disability and Elderly Affairs under the Ministry of Gender, Children, Disability and Social Welfare
Zambia	Zambian Association of the Blind
	Zambian Federation on Disability
	National Association of Women with Disabilities
	Mental Health Users Network of Zambia
	Zambian Association of Employment of Persons with Disabilities
	Zambian Association of Parents of Children with Disability
	Zambian Agency for Persons with Disabilities
Zimbabwe	Federation of Disabled Persons Zimbabwe (FODPZ) 3 interviews
	National Council of Disabled Persons of Zimbabwe
	Zimbabwe National League of the Blind
	National Association of Societies for Care of the Handicapped
Mozambique	Federation of People with Disabilities in Mozambique (FAMOD)
Botswana	Botswana Federation of the Disabled (BOFOD)
Lesotho^a	Lesotho National Federation of the Disabled (LNFOD)
Namibia^a	National Federation of Disabled People in Namibia (NFDPN)

^aSkype calls with Mitch Loeb.

Table 3. Citations by country.

Malawi	87
Zambia	64
Zimbabwe	45
Namibia	35
Mozambique	19
Lesotho	0
Swaziland	0
Botswana	0
Total	250

Figure 1. Citations by year.