SOCIAL INEQUALITIES OF WELL-BEING, LIFE COURSE AND PERSONS WITH DISABILITY IN SOUTHWEST, NIGERIA

Maria Wahab, Lagos State University
Maria wahab, Lagos State University
Jubril Jawando, LASU

The paper examines the social inequalities of wellbeing, life course and persons with disabilities. The study was conducted between June-December 2023 and employed quantitative and qualitative methods. For the quantitative method, a total of 300 questionnaires was used to collect information from the various PWDs in each of the states in South West Nigeria. The qualitative research tools included the In-depth interviews (IDI), Key Informant Interviews (KII) and Focus Group Discussions (FGD), were used on various stakeholders in the selected areas. The study reveals that the welfare of PWDs is still a far cry in the Southwestern States. The study found that PWDs are faced with financial challenges more, social exclusion and difficulties in accessing private and public facilities in the south west states. The paper concludes that there is need for more publicity, sensitization, lobbying and enactment of more laws to push for legislation at the state houses of assembly for the domestication of the Act.

Keywords: Health and Morbidity, Inequality, Disadvantage and Discrimination, Mixed methods research, Population and Development

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