National Survey of Public Attitudes to Disability in Ireland

Study number (SN): 0048-01 (2006)

National Survey of Public Attitudes to Disability in Ireland, 2006

Study number (SN): 0048-02 (2011)

National Survey of Public Attitudes to Disability in Ireland, 2011

Study number (SN): 0048-03 (2017)

National Survey of Public Attitudes to Disability in Ireland, 2017

 

ABOUT THE STUDY

The National Disability Authority (NDA) commissioned Behaviour & Attitudes (B&A) to conduct a nationally representative survey on public attitudes to disability in Ireland in 2017. The NDA previously conducted national surveys on attitudes to disability in 2001, 2006 and 2011. 

The survey used quota sampling and was conducted using computer assisted personal interviews (CAPI) during January and February 2017. Data were weighted on gender, age, region, socio-economic status and disability status. Data from 2017 were compared to 2011 and 2006 data and these datasets were also weighted to their respective census year. Multivariate analysis was carried out to determine what factors influenced the key findings.

The survey covered a range of topics on attitudes relating to disability. These included awareness of disability and attitudes towards particular types of disability. Survey questions explored attitudes towards children with disabilities in mainstream education, the employment of people with disabilities as well as relationships, neighbourhood, and the social wellbeing of people with and without disabilities. It also compared people with and without disabilities.

MAIN TOPICS

  • Attitudes
  • Disabilities
  • Disables Persons
  • Education
  • Employment
  • Families
  • Friends
  • Housing
  • Interpersonal relations
  • Knowledge (Awareness)
  • Life Satisfaction
  • Partnerships (Personal)
  • Social Activities (Leisure)

DATA AND DOCUMENTATION: FILES’ DESCRIPTION

See individual waves for details

 

ACCESS INFORMATION

Accessing the data

To access the data, please complete a ISSDA Data Request Form for Research Purposes - Pseudonymised Datasets, sign it, and send it to ISSDA by email.

Data will be disseminated on receipt of a fully completed, signed form. Incomplete or unsigned forms will be returned to the data requester for completion.

 

Copyright

The NDA own the copyright for these data.

Acknowledgements

Any work based in whole or part on resources provided by the ISSDA, should  acknowledge: “National Survey of Public Attitudes to Disability in Ireland" and also ISSDA, in the following way: “Accessed via the Irish Social Science Data Archive - www.ucd.ie/issda”.

Citation requirement

The data and its creators shall be cited in all publications and presentations for which the data have been used. The bibliographic citation may be in the form suggested by the archive or in the form required by the publication.

See individual waves for details.

Notification

The user shall notify the Irish Social Science Data Archive of all publications where she or he has used the data.

Bibliography

McConkey, R. 2019. Public perceptions of the rights of persons with disability: National surveys in the Republic of Ireland. Alter (in Press). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.alter.2019.06.003

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