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Table 2 Participant Details (Persons with Disabilities)a

From: How inclusive were strategies to prevent the spread of COVID-19 for people with disabilities? Evidence from qualitative research in eight low- and middle-income countries

Country

Bangladesh

Ghana

India

Peru

Thailand

Türkiye

Viet Nam

Zimbabwe

Number of participants

60

58

61

69

17

60

23

24

Age of participants

 < 18

33%

35%

26%

50%

–

20%

–

21%

 18–64

52%

65%

52%

38%

95%

67%

100%

62%

 65 + 

15%

–

22%

12%

5%

13%

–

17%

Gender distribution (%)

 Women and girls

50%

59%

33%

50%

58%

45%

47%

54%

 Men and boys

50%

41%

67%

48%

43%

55%

53%

46%

 Non-binary

–

–

–

2%

–

–

–

–

Disability types (%)

 Cognitive

16.6%

–

29.5%

36%

8%

5%

17%

17%

 Communication

11.6%

–

–

–

–

5%

–

–

 Hearing

15%

26%

13.11%

16%

23%

17%

7%

21%

 Mental health conditions

2.4%

14%

–

9%

15%

8%

17%

–

 Physical

16.6%

34%

24.5%

22%

10%

52%

43%

33%

 Visual

18.3%

26%

32.8%

17%

10%

22%

17%

21%

 Epilepsy

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

17%

  1. For disability type, % can be more than 100% (i.e., people with multiple disabilities were counted in each category, so if a person had a physical and hearing disability, they were in both the physical and hearing categories)
  2. aCharacteristics of persons with disabilities. For interviews with caregivers, we report on the characteristics of the person with a disability they were reporting about