Indicator 4.2

Explanatory notes on data sources and collection methods (as reported by governments)

Armenia (Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs); Cambodia (data refer to recipients of three programmes: (i) Worker disability benefit, (ii) National Social Security Fund for civil Servants and (iii) Welfare for Persons with Disabilities’ Department of Ministry of Social Affairs, Veterans and Youth Rehabilitation); China (data refer to recipients of five programmes: (i) Urban and rural social endowment insurance (until 2016), (ii) Subsistence allowance (poverty), (iii) Nursing allowances (severe disabilities), (iv) Families of persons with disabilities subsistence allowance and (v) Government education funds for children with disabilities and their families (in 2016); Fiji (data were not available; there is a Poverty Benefit Scheme run by the Ministry of Women, Children and Poverty Alleviation); Georgia (administrative records of the Ministry of Labour, Health and Social Affairs and Social Service Agency); Indonesia (data refer to households with member with disability who receive raskin (rice for the poor) in 2012; Susenas, 2012, Module Social Cultural and Education); Japan (aggregation from two data sources: (i) Report on Social Welfare Administration and Services and (ii) annual report by Pension Bureau, Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare); Kyrgyzstan (source and methods unspecified; (i) disability benefits; (ii) unemployment benefits); Macao, China (data refer to recipients of disability subsidies as of 31 Dec. 2016; Social Welfare Bureau); Malaysia (source and methods unspecified; data refer to people receiving artificial aids and disability allowances); Micronesia, Federated States of (FSM Social Security; 1 Jan. 2017; Office of Social Security); Mongolia (annual data from 2013 to 2016; General Office for Labor and Social Welfare services and General Authority for Health and Social Insurance; Ministry of Labor and Social Protection); Nauru (source and methods unspecified); New Caledonia (data refer to children and adults receiving disability allowances in 2015; Conseil du Handicap et de la Dépendance); Republic of Korea (data refer to recipients of Government-funded disability benefits, including disability allowances, pensions and allowance for children with disabilities; administrative data from Ministry of Health and Welfare, as of Oct. 2016); Russian Federation (data refer to registered persons who are eligible for receiving State Social Assistance as of Jan. 2016; Pension Fund of the Russian Federation); Singapore (data were not provided; the Government indicated that disability-specific benefits are administered and disbursed through schemes and programmes with specific objectives, such as employment, education, tapping on technology and training); Thailand (data refer to (i) the number of persons who received benefits for work injuries in 2016; coverage of persons with disabilities within social insurance programmes; Social Security Office; and (ii) the number of persons who, as disability ID card holders, receive benefits; database of Department for Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities); Timor-Leste (from Leoneto V. F. C. Pereira, National Director, National Directorate for Non Contributive/MSS; 10 Jan. 2017); Tonga (Division of Social Protection and Disability); Turkey (Integrated Social Assistance Information System, Management Information System; 29 Nov. 2016; Ministry of Family and Social Policy, General Directorate of Social Assistance).