Disabled Population
; Health Status
; Daliy Living and Care
Publication Year
2018
Publisher
Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs
Abstract
The survey revealed that there were 2.67 million people with disabilities in South Korea, and the disability incidence rate estimated on the basis of this number was 5.39 percent. Income security was the welfare service and assistance that people with disabilities needed most, followed by healthcare, employment support.
Table Of Contents
Ⅰ. Survey Overview 1 1. Legal Basis and Objective 3 2. Survey Structure 4 3. Survey Method 5 Ⅱ. Findings 7 1. Disabled Population 9 2. General Characteristics 11 3. Physical and Health Characteristics 17 4. Social Characteristics 30 5. Daily Living and Care Characteristics 37 6. Financial and Economic Characteristics 40 7. Welfare Needs 44 Ⅲ. Implications 47 References 55
