Article Publication Date:
3/3/2015
Summary:
This article examines whether disability is a correlate of poverty when poverty is measured using (1) the official poverty measure; (2) the supplemental poverty measure (SPM); and (3) two multidimensional poverty measures created by the authors. The findings support the hypothesis that disability is associated with poverty in the United States, irrespective of the poverty measure under use.
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Developmental/Intellectual Disabilities; Physical Disabilities; Psychiatric Disabilities/Mental Illness
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Keywords:
Wages and Benefits
Working-age; poverty; supplemental poverty measure; financial well-being; economic resources; work limitation; educational attainment; socioecopolitical measure; food security; employment status; poverty measures
Contact
Debra L. Brucker
debra.brucker@unh.edu
Short URL: http://www.advancingstates.org/node/66278