Roughly 21 million women (15.6 percent of all women) in the U.S. have a disability. For women ages 21 to 64—the years … during which people are most likely to be employed—about 13 percent, or 11 million, have a disability. This article … work limitation live in households below the poverty level, as compared to about 26 percent of men with a work limitation. …

, poverty, and other measures. This book reviews what current data on this population can and cannot tell us, as well as how … be accomplished by the use of common disability-related questions on existing survey data sets; expansion and …

Disability Insurance (SSDI)-only beneficiaries who meet the federal definition of poor, compared with those who live in higher …-income households. The findings help explain why many fall into poverty despite the support of SSDI. …

disability measure used, annual poverty rates are two to five times higher among people with disabilities, compared to those … poverty, and 65 percent of those in poverty according to a long-term measure. Disability may receive little attention in the … between long-term poverty and long-term disability, as well as outdated perceptions of the relationship between disability and …

in a flexible and efficient manner to improve their standard of living. Current disability allowance programs in the … how the international literature on the extra costs of disability could contribute to an assessment of the United Kingdom …’s Disability Living Allowance (DLA) and Attendance Allowance (AA) programs. …

as in many other countries. This research brief from Mathematica’s Center for Studying Disability Policy profiles the U …’s largest disability program. Its key elements are a series of compulsory work-focused interviews, as well as a range of …