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A Comparison of the Economic Status of Working-Age Persons with Visual Impairments and Those of Other Groups

Author
Houtenville, Andrew J.
Abstract
This article compares the economic status of working-age individuals with visual impairments with those with nonvisual impairments. It shows that the employment rates and mean household incomes were lower and the receipt of Social Security Disability Insurance was higher among those who were blind in both eyes than among those with less-severe visual impairments and those who were deaf in both ears.
Date Issued
2003-03-01Subject
bar; barrier; barriers; benefits; blocks; developmental disabled; disabilities; disability; disability; Disability Employment Research; EDIcat4-DER; Disability Programs; disable; disabled; disablement; disabling; earnings; economic; economics; economy; employ; employing; employment; Federal Insurance Contributions Act; FICA; handicap; handicap; handicapped; impair; impaired; impairment; impediments; Insurance; Labor Market; learning disability; limitation; limitation; long term disability; maternity leave; mental handicap; mental retardation; OASDI; obstacles; Old Age; Survivors and Disability; Old Age; Survivors; and Disability Insurance; paternity leave; physical disability; retirement; self-employment; short term disability; Social Security; Social Security Disability Insurance; special need; SSDI; SSI; Supplemental Security Income; work; visual impairments
Related DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1177/0145482X0309700302Type
article
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