Social Security Experience Panels - panel members: full report - 2020 update
This report provides demographic information about the Social Security Experience Panels. It also summarises feedback from panel members about their experiences of being a member of the panels and how this could be improved.
Disability and other long-term health conditions
New panel members
Questions on diasbility and long term health conditions were asked to new panel members. 322 people responded in this question.[18]
41 per cent of respondents said they have a physical disability, compared to 43 per cent who said that they suffer from chronic pain, and 55 per cent who said that they had another long term condition. 22 per cent said that they have a mental health condition.
| Number of respondents | % respondents | |
|---|---|---|
| A physical disability | 133 | 41% |
| Chronic pain lasting at least 3 months | 140 | 43% |
| Another long-term condition | 177 | 55% |
| Mental health condition | 72 | 22% |
| Deafness or severe hearing impairment | 22 | 7% |
| Blindness or severe vision impairment | 16 | 5% |
| A learning disability | 24 | 7% |
79 per cent of respondents said that they had at least one disability or long term health condition.
We also asked respondents about how their disability or health condition affects them (Table 10).
56 per cent of respondents said that their disability or health condition affects their mobility (for example, walking short distances or climbing stairs). 45 per cent of respondents said that disability or health condition affects their stamina or breathing or fatigue levels. 37 per cent said that their disability or health condition affects their dexterity (for example, lifting or carrying objects, using a keyboard).
| Number of respondents | % respondents | |
|---|---|---|
| Mobility (for example walking short distances or climbing stairs | 179 | 56% |
| Stamina or breathing or fatigue | 144 | 45% |
| Dexterity (for example lifting or carrying objects, using a keyboard) | 119 | 37% |
| Memory | 116 | 36% |
| Learning or understanding or concentrating | 109 | 34% |
| Socially or behaviourally (for example associated with Autism, attention deficit disorder or Asperger’s syndrome) | 53 | 16% |
| Hearing (for example deafness or partial hearing) | 32 | 10% |
| Vision (for example blindness or partial sight) | 30 | 9% |
| Another way | 15 | 5% |
| None of the above | 11 | 3% |
All panel members
Across a number of different ‘About You’ surveys we have asked Experience Panel members about disability and long term health conditions.[19] Responses available from 1,529 panel members who answered the question are presented in Table 11.
50 per cent of all respondents have said they have a physical disability. 51 per cent also said that they suffer from chronic pain, compared to 57 per cent who said that they had another long term condition. 33 per cent said that they have a mental health condition.
82 per cent of respondents said that they had at least one disability or long term health condition.
| Number of respondents | % respondents | |
|---|---|---|
| A physical disability | 765 | 50% |
| Chronic pain lasting at least 3 months | 779 | 51% |
| Another long-term condition | 875 | 57% |
| Mental health condition | 506 | 33% |
| Deafness or severe hearing impairment | 129 | 8% |
| Blindness or severe vision impairment | 75 | 5% |
| A learning disability | 101 | 7% |
Compared to available responses from the 2018 findings, the levels of disability and long term health conditions reported by panel members stayed proportionately similar.
In our ‘About You’ surveys, we have also asked respondents about how their disability or health condition affects them. Responses from 864 panel members are available to be presented in Table 12.
67 per cent of respondents said that their disability or health condition affects their mobility (for example, walking short distances or climbing stairs). 54 per cent of respondents said that their disability or health condition affects their stamina or breathing or fatigue levels. 45 per cent said that their disability or health condition affects their dexterity (for example, lifting or carrying objects, using a keyboard).
| Number of respondents | % respondents | |
|---|---|---|
| Mobility (for example walking short distances or climbing stairs | 577 | 67% |
| Stamina or breathing or fatigue | 463 | 54% |
| Dexterity (for example lifting or carrying objects, using a keyboard) | 389 | 45% |
| Memory | 363 | 42% |
| Learning or understanding or concentrating | 310 | 36% |
| Socially or behaviourally (for example associated with Autism, attention deficit disorder or Asperger’s syndrome) | 126 | 15% |
| Hearing (for example deafness or partial hearing) | 109 | 13% |
| Vision (for example blindness or partial sight) | 96 | 11% |
| Another way | 61 | 7% |
| None of the above | 29 | 3% |
Compared to available responses from the 2018 findings, the proportions of panel members who said that they were affected in different ways by a disability or health condition stayed broadly similar. Among panel members that we hold information on about disability and health conditions, there was a slight descrease since 2018 in those saying their condition impacted their mobility, and those saying it affects their stamina or breathing or fatigue.
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