Environmental factors

Contextual factors that include the background of a person’s life and living, composed of components of the natural environment (weather or terrain); the human-made environment (tools, furnishing, the built environment) (1); social attitudes, customs, rules, practices and institutions, and other individuals. – these are social factors.

Source: (1) Measuring Health and Disability: Manual for WHO Disability Assessment Schedule (WHODAS 2.0) / edited by TB
Üstün, N Kostanjsek, S Chatterji, J Rehm.