The disability mismatch: the case for a comprehensive disability status measure
These findings suggest that a single comprehensive disability status question may provide a viable and more inclusive alternative to identifying the disabled population in US federal surveys.
Authors
- Maggie R. Salinger (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7972-7071)
- Susan J. Popkin
- Nastassia Vaitsiakhovich (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0692-8558)
- Kate Caldwell (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6095-4226)
- Mihir Kakara (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8951-8604)
- Andrew Myers (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9784-8029)
- Deborah Lefkowitz (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2795-8860)
- Emily F. Rothman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0113-2577)
- Nicholas Simon Reed (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0410-6067)
- Jean P. Hall (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7236-1807)
- Anjali J. Forber‐Pratt (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9061-2382)
- Scott D. Landes (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2151-7805)
- Bonnielin K. Swenor (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6044-0951)
Institutions
- University of California, Riverside (US)
- Boston University (US)
- Johns Hopkins University (US)
- University of Kansas (US)
- American School Health Association (US)
- Urban Institute (US)
- Brown University (US)
- Johns Hopkins Medicine (US)
- Northwestern Medicine (US)
- New York University (US)
- University of Montana (US)
- Syracuse University (US)
- Washington State University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Health Affairs Scholar
- Published
- 2025-07-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1093/haschl/qxaf137
- Citations
- 4
- Primary Topic
- Retirement, Disability, and Employment
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 22.37
Funders
- Syracuse University
- Ipsen
- Goddard Space Flight Center
- National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research