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A Guide to Disability Statistics from the National Health Interview Survey

Author
Harris, Benjamin H.; Hendershot, Gerry; Stapleton, David C.
Abstract
The purpose of this paper is to examine the information on the population with disabilities in a nationally representative survey conducted by the National Center on Health Statistics called the National Health Interview Survey (NHIS). The paper provides a description of the disability information available in the NHIS and how the data may be used to assess the employment, economic well being and health of the population. Descriptive statistics from the 2002 NHIS public use files are used to illustrate the type of analysis that will be useful to researchers and policymakers.
Date Issued
2005-10-01Subject
charts; data; dependence; developmental disabled; disabilities; disability; Disability Employment Research; disability policy; disability statistics; Disability Statistics Research; disable; disabled; disablement; disabling; earnings; economic; economics; economy; EDI; employ; employing; employment; estimates; figures; graphs; Guiding Principles; handicap; handicapped; impairment; income; information; Labor Market; lack of income; learning disability; limitation; mental handicap; mental retardation; need; numbers; physical disability; policies; policy; poor; poverty; procedures; public policy; public programs; regulation; rules; self-employment; special need; statistic; statistics; stats; statute; welfare; work; National Health Interview Survey; EDIcat5-DSR
Type
article
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