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Activity Number:
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551
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Type:
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Topic Contributed
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Date/Time:
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Thursday, August 6, 2009 : 8:30 AM to 10:20 AM
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Sponsor:
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Section on Survey Research Methods
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| Abstract - #304313 |
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Title:
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An Evaluation of Efforts to Use a Work Disability Question to Evaluate the Labor Force Situation of Persons with a Disability
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Author(s):
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Terence M. McMenamin*+
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Companies:
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Bureau of Labor Statistics
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Address:
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2 Massachusetts Ave., N.E., Washington, DC, 20212,
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Keywords:
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work ; disability ; employment ; CPS ; BLS ; ASEC
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Abstract:
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Researchers and policy makers have long expressed the need for a timely measure of the employment status of persons with disabilities. Effective with the release of data for January 2009, the Current Population Survey (CPS) addressed that need through the addition of a set of disability questions to the monthly survey. The Annual Social and Economic Supplement (ASEC) to the CPS has included a work-disability question for many years. For lack of a better option, researchers have used this question to evaluate labor force trends for persons with disabilities over time. This paper will show that the work-disability question has serious limitations when used to evaluate the labor force situation of persons with disabilities.
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