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TY - JOUR
T1 - The prevalence of disability among roma and non-roma children in four West Balkan countries
T2 - Cross sectional surveys
AU - Emerson, Eric
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, 15, (4), 2022 DOI: 10.1016/j.dhjo.2022.101338
PY - 2022/10/31
Y1 - 2022/10/31
N2 - BackgroundVery little is known about the prevalence of disability among Roma children.ObjectiveTo estimate the prevalence of disability and significant cognitive delay among Roma and non-Roma children aged from 2 to 17 years in four West Balkan countries.MethodsSecondary analysis of data collected in Round 6 of UNICEF's Multiple Indicators Cluster Surveys. Nationally representative samples of 6290 Roma and 13,005 non-Roma children in Kosovo, Montenegro, the Republic of North Macedonia, and Serbia.ResultsRoma children were twice as likely to have a disability, a less severe disability, multiple disabilities, and severe cognitive delay than their peers and were more likely to have functional limitations in all but one of the domains investigated.ConclusionsDisability is significantly more prevalent among Roma children aged 2–17 years than among their non-Roma peers in four Western Balkan countries. Future research should focus on the extent to which differences in disability may be attributable to differential rates of exposure to a range of social determinants.
AB - BackgroundVery little is known about the prevalence of disability among Roma children.ObjectiveTo estimate the prevalence of disability and significant cognitive delay among Roma and non-Roma children aged from 2 to 17 years in four West Balkan countries.MethodsSecondary analysis of data collected in Round 6 of UNICEF's Multiple Indicators Cluster Surveys. Nationally representative samples of 6290 Roma and 13,005 non-Roma children in Kosovo, Montenegro, the Republic of North Macedonia, and Serbia.ResultsRoma children were twice as likely to have a disability, a less severe disability, multiple disabilities, and severe cognitive delay than their peers and were more likely to have functional limitations in all but one of the domains investigated.ConclusionsDisability is significantly more prevalent among Roma children aged 2–17 years than among their non-Roma peers in four Western Balkan countries. Future research should focus on the extent to which differences in disability may be attributable to differential rates of exposure to a range of social determinants.
KW - Children
KW - Disability
KW - MICS
KW - Middle-income countries
KW - Roma
KW - UNICEF
U2 - 10.1016/j.dhjo.2022.101338
DO - 10.1016/j.dhjo.2022.101338
M3 - Journal article
VL - 15
JO - Disability and Health Journal
JF - Disability and Health Journal
SN - 1936-6574
IS - 4
M1 - 101338
ER -