Correction: Poverty and disability in low- and middle-income countries: A systematic review.

[This corrects the article DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0189996.].

There are errors in Table 2. Some of the values in the section “Income group” are incorrect. Please see the corrected Table 2 here.

Table 2

Characteristics of included studies.

		Numbera	%
Region	East Asia/Pacific	40	27
	Latin America/Caribbean	31	21
	South Asia	26	17
	Sub-Saharan Africa	22	15
	Middle East/North Africa	11	7
	Europe/Central Asia	4	3
	Multi-region	16	11
Disability typeb	Visual impairment	12	8
	Hearing impairment	2	1
	Physical impairment	12	8
	Intellectual/cognitive impairment	23	15
	Mental disorders	73	49
	Mixed impairments/functional limitations	37	25
Disability measure	Impairment	114	76
	Activity/functional limitations	32	21
	Mixed	4	3
Location	Rural	17	11
	Urban	50	33
	Both	83	55
Study design	Cross-sectional	124	83
	Case-control	11	7
	Cohort	13	9
	Other	2	1
Setting	Community-based	133	89
	Hospital/clinic-based	6	4
	Schools	9	6
	Other	2	1
Sample sizea	Smallest	85
	First quartile (25th percentile)	1,188
	Median (50th percentile)	3,591
	Third quartile (75th percentile)	10,667
	Largest	2,600,000
Age groupc	Children	23	15
	Adults	41	27
	Older adults	48	33
	Mixed ages	38	25
Income group	Low	38	25
	Lower-middle	49	33
	Upper-middle	45	30
	Mix	18	12
Poverty indicatorb	Income	82	55
	SES	36	24
	Assets	30	20
	PCE	10	7
	Other	2	1
Risk of bias	Low	81	54
	Medium	69	46

There are errors in Table 3. In the section “Income group,” the corresponding Null value for “Low” should be 36% and the corresponding Negative value for “Low” should be 4%. Please see the corrected Table 3 here.

Table 3

Association of poverty and poverty by study characteristics.

		Association of poverty with disability
		Positive	Null	Negative	Mixed	Total
		%	%	%	%	N
Overall		81%	16%	2%	1%	150
Disability/ impairment typea	Sensory impairment	78%	17%	0%	6%	18
	Physical impairment	80%	15%	5%	0%	20
	Intellectual/cognitive impairment	69%	31%	0%	0%	26
	Mental disorders	87%	11%	3%	0%	75
	General disability/functional limitations	80%	14%	3%	3%	35
Disability measurea	Impairments	81%	16%	3%	1%	115
	Activity/functional limitations	79%	19%	0%	3%	33
	Mix	100%	0%	0%	0%	3
Age groupa	Children	78%	15%	0%	7%	27
	Adults	86%	12%	2%	0%	42
	Older adults	69%	27%	4%	0%	49
	Mixed ages	92%	8%	0%	0%	36
Poverty indicatora	Income	83%	16%	0%	1%	82
	SES	81%	14%	3%	3%	36
	Assets	77%	20%	3%	0%	30
	PCE	60%	30%	10%	0%	10
Regiona	Latin America/Caribbean	60%	30%	10%	0%	60
	East Asia/Pacific	80%	17%	2%	2%	60
	Sub-Saharan Africa	51%	44%	4%	0%	68
	South Asia	79%	19%	2%	0%	42
	Middle East/North Africa	87%	7%	7%	0%	15
	Europe/Central Asia	36%	64%	0%	0%	14
	Multi-region	100%	0%	0%	0%	8
Income groupa	Low	59%	36%	4%	1%	95
	Lower-middle	67%	28%	5%	0%	100
	Upper-middle	72%	26%	1%	0%	69
Gendera	Female	87%	14%	0%	0%	30
	Male	86%	14%	0%	0%	22
Setting	Rural	82%	18%	0%	0%	17
	Urban	79%	19%	2%	0%	52
	Both	82%	12%	2%	2%	82
Risk of bias	Low	88%	10%	1%	1%	81
	Medium	74%	22%	3%	1%	69

a Findings within studies have been disaggregated, where possible