Document Type
Occasional Paper
Publication Date
6-1-2009
Abstract
Reporting meaningful indicators of labor market success for individuals with disabilities, particularly Intellectual Disabilities (ID), is challenging for a number of reasons. Measures that allow people to indicate specific disabilities like ID are uncommon in large national data sets. Additionally, the use of the “traditional” unemployment rate reported by the Department of Labor as an indicator of labor market success for people with disabilities leaves people who are not in the labor force, a significant group when it comes to subpopulations of people with disabilities, out of the calculation. In this data note, we discuss the implications of using the 2007 American Community Survey (ACS) from the U.S. Census Bureau for indicators of labor market success, including for people with ID.
Recommended Citation
Smith, Frank A. and Butterworth, John, "Data Note: Indicators of Labor Market Success for People with Intellectual Disabilities" (2009). Data Note Series, Institute for Community Inclusion. 15.
https://scholarworks.umb.edu/ici_datanote/15
Comments
Data Note No. 22 This is a publication of StateData.info, funded in part by the Administration on Developmental Disabilities, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (#90DN0216).