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Facts and figures

Data on employment indicate that:

Data from the Ministry of Works and Social Affairs Statistics 2005-2008 suggest that disabled people make up 17.4% of the official unemployment.

While the general unemployment rate fell that for disabled people remained static or increased slightly between 2005 and 2008. The number of unemployed people evidenced by labour offices in the Czech republic has decreased but the number of unemploed individuals with disabilites has increased (and those who receive Full Disability Pension are not obliged to present at the labour office).

A 2005 study ‘Analyzing causes of women with disabilities low employment' for the Czech Ministry of Work and Social Affairs suggested that 9 out of 10 people viewed disabled persons as disadvantaged in the labour market.

Only 15% of disabled people use the services of a local labour office to search for employment (most relying on self-initiative or the help of families and friends). Although few use non-profit organizations, these were found to be very effective.

Disabled people prefer to find work in the open labour market (although around one in ten would prefer to have a job in a sheltered work environment and a similar proportion do not want to enter the labour market).

Data on education indicate that:

According to 2008 Database of Institute of in information in Education  there were 45,046 children with special educational needs in mainstream schools in 2007/8. Of these, 36,085 were integrated in common classes (with 8,961) integrated in common schools but in special classes.

According to the 2007 national sample survey, approximately one third of disabled men have attained only basic education (graduated from a Primary School), while 30% have secondary education without passing a leaving exam (a level that does not allow the student to apply to a University). Only 8% of disabled men reached higher education.

Among women 45% attained basic education and 21% of those who attained a comprehensive secondary education that enable them to sit for an entrance exam for a University. Only 5% of women attained a University degree.

The ratio of comprehensive secondary education attained by disabled people compared to the general population is 20% : 27%.

Representation of 81% economically active people aged 15-59 years old in the Czech Republic have at least secondary education. For disabled people it is only 50%.

Data on accessibility indicate that:

We do not currently have any systematic data on accessibility in the Czech Republic.

Data on poverty and incomes indicate that:

A research study on the 'Territorial dimension of social exclusion' identified disabled people as a group most at risk of social exclusion but with high visibility for policy makers (e.g. in relation to work and physical accessibility).

Data on attitudes indicate that:

There is a lack of representative studies on attitudes towards disability (and the Czech Republic was not included in the Eurbarometer Attitudes of Europeans module).

The 2005 research study 'Analyzing causes of women with disabilities low reports that three quarters of the general public think that disable people are disadvantaged in looking for a job (one in fourteen thinks that they experience similar situations as non-disabled people, one in fifteen thinks that they are privileged when looking for a job).   

One quarter of the public felt the state paid enough attention to the problem of employing disabled people but two thirds thought the contrary.

Only half of employers agreed that employing disabled people is a moral obligation for the private sector.  Three quarters acknowledged that such an obligation could be applied to bigger companies.

The public is more sceptical about employing disabled people than employers themselves. The public more often thinks that employing a person with a disability brings up problems and also that for employers it is more convenient to have a fine levied by the state for not employing their quota.

Data on public spending indicate that:

According to the Basic Indicators of Work and Social Welfare field 2007 (MPSV, Praha 2008)there were 3,398 pensions funded in 2007, of which 389 were ‘full' and 208 ‘partial' disability pensions.

The number of partial disability pensions has increased more rapidly than for full disability pensions since 1990.

Disability pensions made up 16.4% of all pensions (11.8% full and 5.6% partial) The value of full disability pensions fell in relation to average wages from 60% in 1997 to 51.5% in 2007; and for partial pensions from 40.2% to 31.3%.

3,094,823 Social Care allowances were provided in 2007 (costing 14,607,633CZK). The average income per allowance was 4,720CZK.