TITLE:
The Determinants of the Rural Disabled Person’s Behavior of Receiving Rehabilitation
AUTHORS:
Xia Luo, Xiang Wu, Shuangzhou Liang, Pu Bu
KEYWORDS:
The People with Disabilities, Behavior of Receiving Rehabilitation, Determinants
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Social Sciences,
Vol.3 No.9,
September
22,
2015
ABSTRACT: People with disabilities in rural areas form a special social group in straitened circumstances. They are suffering from impairments, activity limitations, and participation restrictions, which make their situation more severe. As a basic civil right for the disabled, rehabilitation service is an important approach to the recovery of their health and a great help for them to step into society confidently. The objective of this study is to survey the rural disabled people with regard to the important factors that affect their behavior of receiving rehabilitation. 373 questionnaires were sent out and 360 questionnaires were returned (96.5% return rate). The regression analysis was used to analyze the determinants of receiving rehabilitation. The Binary Logistic Regression Model showed that individual factors, family factors, disability characteristic factors and cognitive factors had significant influence on the choice of rehabilitation for the rural disabled. Among these factors, the variables like level of education (P