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Table 4 Accessibility WCAG 2.1 Guidelines violated by evaluated government websites

From: How have governments supported citizens stranded abroad due to COVID-19 travel restrictions? A comparative analysis of the financial and health support in eleven countries

WCAG Guideline Reference

Number of Violations per country

Australian Government

Canadian Government

UK Government

French Government

Empty Headings [1.3.1 Info and Relationships (Level A; 2.4.1 Bypass Blocks (Level A); 2.4.6 Headings and Labels (Level AA)]

1

   

Missing Alternative Text [1.1.1 Non-text Content (Level A)]

 

1

1

 

Broken Skip Link [2.1.1 Keyboard (Level A); 2.4.1 Bypass Blocks (Level A)]

 

2

  

Empty Button [1.1.1 Non-text Content (Level A); 2.4.4 Link Purpose (In Context) (Level A)]

   

12

Contrast Error [1.4.3 Contrast (Minimum) (Level AA)]

 

4

 

28

Total Violations

1

7

1

40

  1. UK United Kingdom; Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.1; Level A, Minimal compliance requirement; Level AA, Acceptable compliance recquirement