Disability and the characteristics of employment

Abstract

This article examines the work situation of persons with disabilities—their employment rates, the strength of their connection to the labor force, the terms with which they are hired, and the specific conditions of their jobs. The article is based on an analysis of the California Work and Health Survey, a telephone survey designed to be representative of the adult population in California. The survey, conducted annually for 3 years beginning in 1998, combines the features of Federal labor market surveys, such as the Current Population Survey and its supplements, with health surveys like the National Health Interview Survey, thereby allowing the two kinds of information to be integrated into a single data source. The California Work and Health Survey was initiated in June 1998 with 1,771 respondents, interviewed in English or Spanish. Respondents were selected from a random digit dialing sample of Californians aged 18 or older, with oversamples of person with disabilities, African-Americans, and Asians and Pacific Islanders. The 1999 survey included interviews with 2,040 adults in the State, of whom 909 were part of the 1998 survey and another 1,131 were new respondents, including oversamples of African-Americans, Asians and Pacific Islanders, persons with disabilities, and persons aged 45 to 70 years. The 2000 survey included interviews with 2,168 California adults, of whom 627 were part of the 1998 and 1999 surveys, 638 were part of the 1999 Disability and the characteristics of employment

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