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Peer reviewedHoutenville, Andrew J. – Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, 2003
This article compares the economic status of adults with visual impairments with those with non-visual impairments using data from the National Health Interview Survey. Employment rates and mean household incomes were lower and receipt of Social Security Disability Insurance higher among those blind in both eyes than those with less severe visual…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adults, Blindness, Economic Status
Download full textLaPlante, Mitchell P.; And Others – 1997
This report uses data from the 1990 Survey of Income and Program Participation (n=143.5 million) to examine the relationship between work disability, Social Security program participation, and economic well-being. The report estimates the proportion of people with disabilities who receive benefits, how this proportion depends on their disability…
Descriptors: Adults, Age Differences, Disabilities, Economic Status
