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=== United Kingdom === According to the [[House of Commons Library]], 14.6 million, or 22%, of the population in the UK, were reported to be disabled in 2020β2021. In the UK, there were 9% of children, 21% of working-age people, and 42% of persons over the state pension age who were disabled or impaired.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Family Resources Survey: financial year 2020 to 2021 |url=https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/family-resources-survey-financial-year-2020-to-2021 |access-date=October 5, 2022 |website=GOV.UK |language=en}}</ref> Approximately 29% of White individuals, 27% of mixed-race people, 22% of Asian people, 21% of Black people, and 19% of people from other ethnic groups were reported as having impairments or disabilities, according to the Life Opportunities Survey, which surveyed 35,875 people in 2011. When compared to men, women are a little more likely than men to have a disability, with 31% of women reportedly having one as opposed to 26% of men, according to results of another survey taken the same year.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Life Opportunities Survey: wave 1 results |url=https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/life-opportunities-survey-wave-one-results-2009-to-2011 |access-date=October 5, 2022 |website=GOV.UK |language=en}}</ref>
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