Specialist article on the participation survey published

Jacob Steinwede and Sebastian Link (both infas) present the Participation Survey conducted by infas in more detail in their new article “The feeling of social belonging: people with and without disabilities in comparison”.
The authors discuss the design of the study and key findings from the first wave of the survey (2017-2021).
They also use the example of the feeling of social belonging to show how the data obtained can be used scientifically.
To this end, they compare material and non-material factors of participation among people with and without disabilities.
The article was published in the journal “Recht und Praxis der Rehabilitation” (issue 4/23, p. 12-21). In the same issue, three other articles also refer to the participation survey: “Participation research: human rights-based and participatory” (A. Tabbara, M. Maschke), “Significantly mentally impaired – still no good life?” (I. Steinhart) and “Participation in working life: Relevance of the participation survey for labor market participation reporting” (A. Rauch). The “Representative survey on the participation of people with disabilities“, also known as the participation survey, empirically examines how impairments and disabilities affect the participation of people in different areas of life.
The main basis for this is statements from people with impairments and disabilities themselves.
The study was commissioned by the Federal Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs (BMAS).
infas is conducting the study in cooperation with the University of Fulda and the Social Science Research Center Berlin.
By signing the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UN CRPD), the Federal Republic of Germany has committed itself to collecting data on the basis of which the situation of people with disabilities can be assessed and concepts for implementing the Convention can be developed.
The Participation Survey, the largest nationwide survey to date on the participation of people with impairments and disabilities in Germany, has created such a data basis.