Work

Employment

Year: 2009

Type: book-chapter

Abstract: When you cannot measure, your knowledge is meager and unsatisfactory."-Lord Kelvin 1 "If you are not counted, you don't count."-Cyndi Jones, Center for an Accessible SocietyEfforts to provide statistics on the number and status of workingage people with disabilities have a history of being fragmented and sporadic.As a group, they are often overlooked in mainstream discussions of the latest statistics on employment, income, poverty, and other measures of the status of the population.In contrast, government agencies routinely compile and report such statistics for groups defi ned by sex, age, race, ethnicity, and marital status.Indeed, one of the most frequently cited statistical reports on the socioeconomic status of the U.S. population-the U.S.

Source: Upjohn Research (W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research)

DOI: 10.17848/9781441612687.ch4

Authors: Robert R. Weathers II, David C. Wittenburg

Institution: Mathematica Policy Research

Language: English

Topic: Disability Education and Employment

Subfield: Education

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDGs: Reduced inequalities, Decent work and economic growth

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W4256051699

FWCI: 3.896

Cites: 10

Cited by: 12

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