Socio-economic determinants of disability in Kenya: analysis of Kenya population and Housing census data 2009

Abstract

This study examines the determinants of disability in Kenya. It examines the relationship between disability and socioeconomic factors. The data used in this study comes from the Kenya Population and Housing census Data, 2009. In this study, we show how to compute Socio-economic index in households. A Poisson regression model is implemented to explore the relationship between disability count in households and the socio-economic status of the households. The multinomial logistic model is used to show how different socio-economic variables determine disability severity levels. It was evident that most of the disabled are from poor economic backgrounds. Education background has not effect on disability outcome while increase in age increase disability severity level.