Research on Social Economic Development and Service Needs of Families with More than One Disabled in Henan, China / 中国康复理论与实践

ABSTRACT

Objective To research the social economic development and service needs of families with more than one disabled in Henan, China. Methods The data of 2016 Basic Service Status and Needs of People with Disabilities in Henan was analyzed. Results A to-tal of 74,732 (4.0%) people with disabilities from all 19 cities in Henan had been surveyed, 54.9%were males and 83.2%were from rural ar-eas. In terms of social and economic development, 41.8%of people with disabilities in urban areas were below least living baseline, 14.7%met standards of low income;23.9%of people with disabilities in rural areas were recorded as national poverty household, 35.7%were not recorded as national poverty household, 39.9%were not in poverty. In terms of housing, 75.3%of people with disabilities in urban areas had their own houses, 7.1%had housing security welfare, 12.9%had no house; 70.5%of people with disabilities in rural areas had their own houses in good condition, 3.5%had their own houses which were identified as houses in risk, 15.9%had their own houses which were sus-pected to be houses in risk, 1.7%had no house, and 2.2%had their own houses reconstruction. There were significant differences in the eco-nomic and housing conditions among different types of disabilities (χ2>51.267, P8.400, P70.149, P0.05). In terms of employment needs, vocational skills training 5.0%, introducing a job 3.9%, practical training in rural areas 6.6%, capital credit support 7.6%, and others 10.7%. There were significant differences in the employ-ment needs among different types of disabilities (χ2>73.180, P11.440, P38.960, P99.220, P68.000, P46.960, P<0.001). Conclusion The social economic development of families with more than one disabled were faced risk. Recommendation to policy development included to improve the support efforts, and ensure their ba-sic housing, pay attention to their individual differences in employment poverty alleviation needs and provide more opportunities to get jobs, and provide financial support, increase support for home care, increase inputs of funding and assistive devices for rehabilitation services, and attach importance to their needs of barrier-free reconstruction.