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Self-published
Increasing Labor Force Participation for People with B/LV: Interviews (ICPSR 246744)
Released/updated on: 2026-07-30
Geographic coverage: United States
The purpose of this study was to gather information directly from the target population (adults with B/LV who are not in the labor force) about the factors that influenced their non-participation in employment. We wanted to learn how government policies and programs, assistive technology skills, economic circumstances, and health influenced participation in employment. We also investigated whether self-employment and mentoring were potential facilitators of labor force participation. Research questions included:
- What do people with B/LV who are out of the labor force perceive as employment barriers? What would help them overcome those barriers?
- How do people with B/LV who are out of the labor force perceive their (a) technology skills, (b) need for additional training, (c) access to technology, (d) health, and (e) economic status?
- Have self-employment or mentoring been offered to, and considered by, people with B/LV who are out of the labor force?
Self-published
Increasing Labor Force Participation for People with B/LV: BRFSS (ICPSR 250030)
Released/updated on: 2026-07-28
Geographic coverage: United States
The purpose of this study was to identify differences among people who reported being unable to work compared to those out of the labor force for other reasons, unemployed, and employed. The Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) allows people to identify their employment status among various categories, including being unable to work. This category is unique because it allows us to differentiate people out of the labor force because they perceive themselves as unable to work from those out of the labor force for other reasons. Determining whether people who report being unable to work differ from those who identify with other employment categories provides data to help determine whether people report being unable to work due to their vision impairment.
Self-published
Increasing Labor Force Participation for People with B/LV: SIPP Data (ICPSR 247447)
Released/updated on: 2026-06-04
Geographic coverage: United States
Persons with visual impairments (VI) have a high nonparticipation rate in the labor force. Information about factors influencing their labor force participation could provide insight into how to increase employment rates. We selected persons with VI from the Survey of Income and Program Participation to investigate factors that differentiate persons out of the labor force (OLF) for chronic health or disability reasons from those employed and those OLF due to other reasons. Persons OLF with VI may find it more challenging to become and stay employed. We addressed the following research questions: 1) What are the characteristics of people with VI who are OLF due to chronic health or disability issues (from now on referred to as “due to health reasons”)? And 2) How do those characteristics compare to characteristics of employed persons with VI and those OLF for other reasons?
Self-published
Access Technology in the Workplace Longitudinal Study (ICPSR 246074)
Released/updated on: 2026-02-23
Geographic coverage: Canada, United States
Time period: 2021-01-01--2024-12-31
The primary purpose of this longitudinal study is to determine which assistive technologies and mainstream technologies, together referred to as access technology (AT), are being utilized in the workplace and how they are being utilized by people who are blind or have low vision (B/LV). This study provides a significant addition to knowledge about workplace AT use, such as (a) how AT use changes throughout the 5-year study, (b) the adoption process for new AT, (c) challenges that exist in AT use, and (d) gaps between available and needed AT. Additionally, this study examines AT skill and self-efficacy among employed and unemployed people who are B/LV.
Curated
Simple Crosstabs
Survey of Low Income Aged and Disabled, United States, 1973-1974 (ICPSR 7661)
Released/updated on: 2018-11-19
Geographic coverage: United States
Time period: 1973-01-01--1974-12-31
This data collection contains the results of the Survey of Low Income Aged and Disabled (SLIAD), conducted in 1973-1974 in order to collect demographic and socioeconomic data necessary for assessing the effect of the Supplemental Security Income (SSI) program on potential recipients. After January 1, 1974, SSI replaced the state-administered welfare programs of Old Age Assistance (OAA), Aid to the Blind (AB), and Aid to the Permanently and Totally Disabled (APTD) and was meant to improve the economic well-being of the adult poor. A national sample of about 18,000 low-income aged, blind, and/or disabled adults was interviewed in 1973, and reinterviewed in 1974, after SSI was implemented. The 1974 re-interviews were conducted only with persons successfully interviewed in 1973. No new cases were added to replace first-year losses, nor were cases dropped because they no longer met SSI eligibility. Part 1 contains data gathered from a sample made up of aged and disabled persons who received OAA, AB, and/or APTD payments in 1973. Part 2 contains data gathered from a sample of low-income aged and disabled people in the general population (generated from Current Population Survey samples). The United States Census Bureau conducted the interviews and collected the data. The 1973 survey placed great emphasis on financial matters. Each respondent was asked to report income received in the preceding month and year by each of three general classes of persons in the household. The questionnaire listed more than 15 income sources including payments and awards from almost every transfer program possible, earnings from jobs and businesses, gifts, and dividends. The financial section of the questionnaire also included items aimed at establishing the value of owned property, savings and investments, the amount of indebtedness, and the amount spent for food, shelter, and other recurring household expenditures. For the most part, the remainder of the questionnaire concerned (1) household composition, (2) personal history, (3) health, health care, and the capacity for self-maintenance, (4) standard of living, as represented by housing, diet, travel, and recreation, (5) factors that might affect the relation between income and standard of living (e.g., personal preference, physical capacity, and access), and (6) attitudinal response to these conditions, circumstances, and types of status. The 1974 survey was similar in that it asked almost all of the earlier income and asset questions, but added a section on SSI payments. It also collected more detail on household living expenses. It did not repeat the biographical section or the inventory of health conditions from the 1973 survey, but did contain new questions on a spouses' funeral expenses as well as the respondent's experience with SSI.