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TY - JOUR
T1 - Identifying children at risk of intellectual disability in UNICEF's multiple indicator cluster surveys
T2 - Cross-sectional survey
AU - Emerson, E.
AU - Llewellyn, G.
N1 - This is the author’s version of a work that was accepted for publication in Disability and Health Journal. Changes resulting from the publishing process, such as peer review, editing, corrections, structural formatting, and other quality control mechanisms may not be reflected in this document. Changes may have been made to this work since it was submitted for publication. A definitive version was subsequently published in Disability and Health Journal, ??, ??, 2020 DOI: 10.1016/j.dhjo.2020.100986
PY - 2020/8/19
Y1 - 2020/8/19
N2 - Background: Research on intellectual disability has been criticized for primarily addressing the situation of people in high-income countries. Objective: /Hypothesis. To determine whether MICS6 data on ‘functional difficulty associated with learning’ (FDAL) in low- and middle-income countries could be used as a proxy indicator for intellectual disability. Methods: Secondary analysis of nationally representative data collected in Round 6 of UNICEF's Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys (MICS) on 244,915 children in 18 middle- and low-income countries. Results: The prevalence of FDAL in middle- and low-income countries was broadly similar to the estimated prevalence of intellectual disability in high-income countries. The association between risk of FDAL and household wealth was weak, with alternative measures of developmental delay showing significantly stronger associations with household wealth. The risk of making potential false negative errors in identifying FDAL increases as household wealth and level of maternal education decrease. The risk of making potential false positive errors in identifying FDAL is greater among more highly educated respondents, although this association is only statistically significant among older children. Conclusions: The use of FDAL as a proxy indicator for intellectual disability cannot be recommended given: (1) it would probably underestimate the overall prevalence of intellectual disability in middle and low income countries; and (2) it is likely to be overestimate prevalence among families with higher socio-economic position (SEP) and underestimate prevalence among families with lower SEP. © 2020 Elsevier Inc.
AB - Background: Research on intellectual disability has been criticized for primarily addressing the situation of people in high-income countries. Objective: /Hypothesis. To determine whether MICS6 data on ‘functional difficulty associated with learning’ (FDAL) in low- and middle-income countries could be used as a proxy indicator for intellectual disability. Methods: Secondary analysis of nationally representative data collected in Round 6 of UNICEF's Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys (MICS) on 244,915 children in 18 middle- and low-income countries. Results: The prevalence of FDAL in middle- and low-income countries was broadly similar to the estimated prevalence of intellectual disability in high-income countries. The association between risk of FDAL and household wealth was weak, with alternative measures of developmental delay showing significantly stronger associations with household wealth. The risk of making potential false negative errors in identifying FDAL increases as household wealth and level of maternal education decrease. The risk of making potential false positive errors in identifying FDAL is greater among more highly educated respondents, although this association is only statistically significant among older children. Conclusions: The use of FDAL as a proxy indicator for intellectual disability cannot be recommended given: (1) it would probably underestimate the overall prevalence of intellectual disability in middle and low income countries; and (2) it is likely to be overestimate prevalence among families with higher socio-economic position (SEP) and underestimate prevalence among families with lower SEP. © 2020 Elsevier Inc.
KW - Disability
KW - Low and middle income countries
KW - MICS
KW - Unicef
U2 - 10.1016/j.dhjo.2020.100986
DO - 10.1016/j.dhjo.2020.100986
M3 - Journal article
JO - Disability and Health Journal
JF - Disability and Health Journal
SN - 1936-6574
M1 - 100986
ER -