Financial inclusion for people with disability: a scoping review

Figures & data

Figure 1. PRISMA diagram of scoping review yield.

Figure 2. WHO ICF environmental factors adapted to form a coding framework.

Table 1. Extracted articles.

No.	Reference	Document Type	Study design	Location	Type of impairment*	No. participants	Gender representation considered	Poverty considered
1	Acosta-Vargas et al.^Citation31	JA	RQN	Ecuador	PWD	Not stated	N	N
2	Alwi et al.^Citation33	JA	R	Global	NS	200	Y	N
3	Anderson et al.^Citation34	JA	RQL	Malawi	PWD	1,232	Y	Y
4	Asongu et al.^Citation53	JA	RQN	Africa (42 countries)	PWD	n/a	Y	Y
5	Barcellos et al.^Citation36	JA	RQN	United States of America	PWD	1,576	Y	Y
6	Bidarra and Seiji Oyamada^Citation16	JA	RQN	South Africa	V, Age	n/a	N	N
7	Martinson and Martinson^Citation14	JA	RQL	South Africa	V, H, M	90	N	Y
7	Chipere^Citation54	JA	MM	Developing countries	V	1	N	Y
8	Coduti et al.^Citation24	JA	RQL	United States of America	V, PWD	Not stated	N	N
9	Davies et al.^Citation55	JA	RQN	United States of America	COG	9	Y	N
10	Fuglerud and Dale^Citation28	JA	RQN	Norway	PWD, Age	Not stated	N	N
11	Gooding et al.^Citation30	JA	C	Nigeria	COG and M	n/a	N	N
12	Goundar and Sathye^Citation21	JA	MM	Fiji	V	21	N	N
13	Gyasi and Adam^Citation56	JA	MM	Ghana	Age	1,200	Y	N
14	Hedman et al.^Citation57	C	RQL	Sweden	Age, COG	37	Y	N
15	Jiya et al.^Citation15	JA	RQL	Malawi	PWD	10	Y	Y
16	Kaur and Dani^Citation22	JA	RQN	India	PWD	n/a	N	N
17	Pous et al.^Citation58	JA	MM	Spain	PWD	7	N	N
18	Mathew Martin and Rabindranath^Citation51	JA	RQN	India	PWD	103 websites	n/a	n/a
19	Okonji and Ogwezzy^Citation23	JA	RQL	Nigeria	V, Age	20	Y	Y
20	Polu et al.^Citation35	JA	RQL	Bangladesh	PWD	Not stated	Y	Y
21	Ripat et al.^Citation27	R	MM	Canada	PWD	24	N	N
22	Scott et al.^Citation52	JA	RQL	United States of America	COG	3	Y	N
23	Subekti et al.^Citation29	JA	MM	Indonesia	PWD, V	45	N	N
24	Wann and Burke-Smalley^Citation18	JA	RQL	United States of America	PWD	98,832	Y	Y
25	Xu^Citation25	JA	RQN	United States of America	PWD	23,861 households	N	Y
26	Yang and Lin^Citation26	JA	RQN	China	V	352	Y	Y

*included (sensory [vision/hearing]; physical [motor]; cognitive.

Abbreviations: Y= YES, N= NO; Type of publication: JA = Journal Article; F=Feature; B= Book (chapter);RQN= Research paper, quantitative RQL=Research paper, qualitative; MM= Mixed methods; R= Report; Design: S= Study; C= Commentary; R= Review; AT groups discussed: M= Mobility; SC= Self-Care; V= Vision; H= Hearing; COM= Communication; COG= Cognition; NS=Not stated.

Figure 3. WHO ICF coding chapters: barriers and facilitators.

Figure 4. Examples of barriers and facilitators coded to 5 environmental factor chapters.

Figure 5. Potential interventions.

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