Journal article
Developmental disabilities and socioeconomic outcomes in young adulthood
Public health reports (1974), Vol.130(3), pp.213-221
05/2015
DOI: 10.1177/003335491513000308
PMCID: PMC4388219
PMID: 25931625
Abstract
We assessed the associations between developmental disabilities and indicators of socioeconomic outcomes (i.e., educational attainment, employment status, occupation type, subjective perception of socioeconomic status [SES], income, and wage rate) among young U.S. adults aged 24-33 years.
We used data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (n=13,040), a nationally representative study of U.S. adolescents in grades 7-12 during the 1994-1995 school year. Young adult outcomes (i.e., educational attainment, employment status, income, occupation, and subjective SES) were measured in Wave IV (2008 for those aged 24-33 years). Multivariate methods controlled for sociodemographic characteristics and other relevant variables.
Nearly 12% of this sample presented with a physical or cognitive disability. Respondents with physical disabilities had lower educational attainment (odds ratio [OR] = 0.69, 95% confidence interval [CI] 0.57, 0.85) and ranked themselves in lower positions on the subjective SES ladder (OR=0.71, 95% CI 0.57, 0.87) than those without a physical disability. Compared with individuals without disabilities, young adults with a cognitive disability also had lower educational attainment (OR=0.41, 95% CI 0.33, 0.52) and, when employed, were less likely to have a professional/managerial occupation (OR=0.50, 95% CI 0.39, 0.64). Young adults with disabilities also earned less annually (-$10,419.05, 95% CI -$4,954.79, -$5,883.37) and hourly (-$5.38, 95% CI -$7.64, -$3.12) than their non-disabled counterparts.
This study highlights the importance of considering multiple developmental experiences that may contribute to learning and work achievements through the transition from adolescence to young adulthood.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Developmental disabilities and socioeconomic outcomes in young adulthood
- Creators
- Fernanda C Queirós - Federal University of Bahia, Functional Electrical Stimulation Laboratory, Department of Biomorphology & Study Group in Neuromodulation, Department of Neurosciences, Salvador-Bahia, BrazilGeorge L Wehby - University of Iowa, Department of Health Management and Policy, Iowa City, IA ; National Bureau of Economic Research, Cambridge, MACarolyn T Halpern - University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Department of Maternal and Child Health, Chapel Hill, NC
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Public health reports (1974), Vol.130(3), pp.213-221
- Publisher
- United States
- DOI
- 10.1177/003335491513000308
- PMID
- 25931625
- PMCID
- PMC4388219
- ISSN
- 0033-3549
- eISSN
- 1468-2877
- Grant note
- P2C HD050924 / NICHD NIH HHS P01-HD31921 / NICHD NIH HHS P01 HD031921 / NICHD NIH HHS
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 05/2015
- Academic Unit
- Preventive and Community Dentistry; Health Management and Policy; Economics; Public Policy Center (Archive)
- Record Identifier
- 9984064190902771
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