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2.5 Disability
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2.5 Disability

3% of the survey respondents were disabled, only slightly higher than was reported by the 2005 film production workforce survey (2%).  The figure is lower than for the wider audio visual workforce in the 2005 Survey of the Audio Visual Industries’ Workforce (5%), and for the UK workforce as a whole as reported by a recent Labour Force Survey (5%). It is also lower than the incidence of disability among the performing arts workforce: the Skillset/Equity Performing Arts Industry Survey 2005 found 8% of that workforce had a disability.

The proportion of disabled respondents did not vary significantly by occupational group due to small sub-groups.

Table 2.5.1 Disability

 

All survey respondents

 

%

Yes

3

No

97

 

 

Base (n)

1,147

Table 2.5.2 Nature of disability

 

Respondents with a disability

 

n

Deaf or hearing impaired

2

Blind or visually impaired

1

Musculo-skeletal (co-ordination, dexterity, mobility)

4

Mental health (including serious depression)

1

Learning disability (including dyslexia)

19

Other (e.g. physical or medical condition such as diabetes, epilepsy, arthritis, asthma, speech impairments, facial disfigurement)

11

 

 

Base (n)

37

Note: as the number of disabled respondents is so small, this table presents raw numbers, rather than percentages; the numbers add up to more than 37 because some respondents reported more than one disability