, 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 …

experience several types of material hardships. The findings indicate that disability is an important determinant of material … or kind of work they can perform. The findings provide support for policies that account for disability … poverty measure overstates the relative economic well-being of people with disabilities. …

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 Disability may receive little attention in the … between long-term poverty and long-term disability, as well as outdated perceptions of the relationship between disability and …

Disability is both a fundamental cause and consequence of income poverty. The income-poverty rate for persons with … about income poverty in the United States is largely silent about disability. This paper argues that we need to have a … broader view of what poverty is and also that disability must be taken into account in anti-poverty policy. …

This report details how the dominant framework for understanding and measuring poverty in the United States has become … a conservative one. The current U.S. approach to measuring poverty views poverty only in terms of having an extremely … low level of annual income, and utilizes poverty thresholds that are adjusted only for inflation rather than for changes …

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 …