Disability in a Labor Market and Higher Education Context

1. Disability in a Labor Market and Higher Education Context Paul E. Harrington Center for Labor Market Studies Northeastern University Boston, Massachusetts October 7, 2008

2. Persons with Disabilities: The ACS Definition • The definition of disability is the same as that used by the U.S. Census Bureau in its official estimates of the nation’s disabled population from the American Community Survey (ACS) and exactly the same as that used by the Rehabilitation Research and Training Center of Cornell University in its analysis of the ACS. • The Census Bureau defines disability as a long-lasting sensory, physical, mental, or emotional condition or conditions that make it difficult for a person to do functional or participatory activities such as seeing, hearing, walking, climbing stairs, learning, remembering, concentrating, dressing, bathing, going outside the home, or working at a job. • The disability status of respondents is based on self-identification of the disability by respondents.

3. (continued) Persons with Disabilities: The ACS definition An individual respondent to the ACS survey will be classified as “disabled” if he or she answers “yes” to one or more of the following six questions: • Does the person have long-lasting conditions of blindness, deafness, or a severe vision or hearing impairment? • Does the person have a long-lasting condition that substantially limits one or more basic physical activities such as walking, climbing stairs, reaching, lifting, or carrying?

4. (continued) Persons with Disabilities: The ACS definition Because of a physical, mental, or emotional condition lasting 6 months or more, does this person have any difficulty in: • learning, remembering, or concentrating? • dressing, bathing, or getting around inside the home? • going outside the home alone to shop or visit a doctor’s office? • Working at a job or business?

5. Incidence of Disability Among the Working Age Population in New England, 2005-06

6. Incidence of Disability Among the Working Age Population In New England, 2005-2006

7. Distribution of the Working Age Population by Disability Status and Age

8. Incidence of Disability Among the Working Age Population in New England, 2005-06

9. Incidence of Disability in the Civilian Non Institutional Working Age Population in New England, 2005-06

10. Distribution of the Working Age Population by Disability Status and Educational Attainment

11. Incidence of Disability in the Civilian Non Institutional Working Age Population by Selected Age Groups and Educational Attainment in New England, 2005-2006

12. The Incidence of Disability by Selected Age and Educational Attainment among the Civilian Non Institutional Population in New England, 2005-2006

13. Incidence of Disability Among those Aged 55+ in New England, by Level of Educational Attainment, 2005-2006

14. Incidence of Disability Among those Aged less than 55 in New England, by Level of Educational Attainment, 2005-2006

15. Incidence of Disability Among Those Aged 55 to 79 in New England, by Level of Educational Attainment, 2005-2006

16. Labor Force Status of the Total Civilian Non Institutional Working Age Population in New England, 2005-06

17. Labor Force Measures, Civilian Non Institutional Population in New England, 2005-06

18. Labor Force Participation Rate of the Civilian Working Age Population by Disability Status in New England

19. Unemployment Rate of the Civilian Working Age Population by Disability Status in New England

20. Employment Rate of the Civilian Working Age Population by Disability Status in New England

21. Labor Force Participation Rate, Unemployment Rate and Employment Rate of the Civilian Non Institutional Population in New England, by Disability Status and Level of Educational Attainment. 2005-06

22. Labor Force Measures for the 55 to 64 Year Old Civilian Non Institutional Population, by Education and Disability Status, 2005-06

23. Labor Force Measures for the 65-69 Year Old Civilian Non Institutional Population, by Education and Disability Status, 2005-06

24. Labor Force Measures for the 70-74 Year Old Civilian Non Institutional Population, by Education and Disability Status, 2005-06

25. Labor Force Measures for the 75-79 Year Old Civilian Non Institutional Population, by Education and Disability Status, 2005-06

26. Labor Force Measures for the 80+Year Old Civilian Non Institutional Population, by Education and Disability Status, 2005-06

27. Labor Force Participation Rate, Unemployment Rate and Employment Rate of the Civilian Non Institutional Population in New England, by Disability Status and Level of Educational Attainment, 2005-06

28. Distribution of the Labor Force by Disability Status and Educational Attainment

29. Total Civilian Population Changes in New England from 2006 to 2020 (projected)

30. Male Civilian Population Changes in New England from 2006 to 2020 (projected)

31. Female Civilian Population Changes in New England from 2006 to 2020 (projected)

32. Total Labor Force Changes in New England from 2006 to 2020 (projected)

33. Male Labor Force Changes in New England from 2006 to 2020 (projected)

34. Female Labor Force Changes in New England from 2006 to 2020 (projected)

35. Total Disabled Population Changes in New England from 2006 to 2020 (projected)

36. Male Disabled Population Changes in New England from 2006 to 2020 (projected)

37. Female Disabled Population Changes in New England from 2006 to 2020 (projected)

38. Total Disabled Labor Force Changes in New England from 2006 to 2020 (projected)

39. Male Disabled Labor Force Changes in New England from 2006 to 2020 (projected)

40. Female Disabled Labor Force Changes in New England from 2006 to 2020 (projected)