Release: Life Opportunities Survey, Wave Two, Part I
Categories: Health and Social Care, People and Places, Travel and Transport
Frequency of release: Ad-hoc
Language: English
Geographical coverage: GB
Geographical breakdown: Local Authority and County
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The Life Opportunities Survey (LOS) explores disability in terms of the barriers to participation that people experience.
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Of all adults with at least one impairment at Wave One, 34 per cent were found to have offset from impairment, that is, they no longer reported any impairment at Wave Two.
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Of all adults with at least one impairment at Wave One, 66 per cent reported at least one impairment at Wave Two. However, there was a great deal of change in the types of impairments these adults reported at Wave One and at Wave Two.
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Of all adults without an impairment at Wave One, around 8 per cent were found to have acquired at least one impairment at Wave Two.
In this release
- An Executive Summary, Life Opportunities Survey - Wave Two Report, Part 1
- Chapter 1 - Introduction, Life Opportunities Survey - Wave Two Report, Part 1
- Chapter 2 - Adults with impairment at both waves, Life Opportunities Survey - Wave Two Report, Part 1
- Chapter 3 - Adults who have offset from impairment, Life Opportunities Survey - Wave Two Report, Part 1
- Chapter 4 - Onset of impairment, Life Opportunities Survey - Wave Two Report, Part 1
- Chapter 5 - Changes experienced between Wave One and Wave Two, Life Opportunities Survey - Wave Two Report, Part 1
- Chapter 6 - Conclusions, Life Opportunities Survey - Wave Two Report, Part 1
- Life Opportunities Survey Annex 1 - Demographic characteristics of the analysis groups (Pdf 89Kb)
- Life Opportunities Survey Annex 2 Weighting (Pdf 51Kb)
- Life Opportunities Survey Annexe 3 Response rates (Pdf 49Kb)
- Life Opportunities Survey Appendix (Pdf 561Kb)
- List of Figures and Tables and Reporting Conventions - The Life Opportunities Survey Wave Two Report Part I (Pdf 38Kb)
- Pre-release Access List, Life Opportunities Survey - Wave Two Report, Part 1 (Pdf 32Kb)
- The Life Opportunities Survey Wave Two Report Part I - Easy Read version (Pdf 1766Kb)
The findings presented are based on longitudinal data collected from the first two waves of the survey.
Respondents to the LOS were interviewed for the first time in wave one (between June 2009 and March 2010) and then followed up in wave two (June 2010 to March 2012), approximately one year after their initial interview.
Comparison of how disabled and non-disabled people participate in society in a number of life areas. This report will present findings from Wave Two of the survey, focusing on changes since Wave One.
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