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Disability and occupational projections

Table 1. Demographic characteristics and employment, by disability status, 2008
[In percent]
Characteristic Distribution Percent employed
No
disability
Disability No
disability
Disability Difference

Total

100.0 100.0 77.1 37.6 -39.5

 

         

Education

         

No high school degree

12.1 25.3 61.8 23.3 -38.5

High school degree

26.9 34.1 74.2 35.9 -38.4

Some college, no degree

25.0 22.7 76.2 43.4 -32.9

Associate's degree

8.0 6.3 83.7 48.8 -34.9

Bachelor's degree

18.5 7.8 84.2 55.0 -29.1

Graduate degree

9.6 3.8 87.2 59.9 -27.3

 

         

Age, years

         

Mean

39.5 46.2

18-24

16.6 8.6 62.6 38.6 -24.0

25-34

22.1 12.3 80.3 44.2 -36.2

35-44

22.9 17.7 83.0 41.8 -41.2

45-54

22.6 28.9 83.8 39.1 -44.7

55-64

15.9 32.5 69.5 31.3 -38.3

 

         

Sex

         

Female

50.2 48.9 72.1 35.1 -36.9

Male

49.8 51.1 82.1 40.0 -42.1

 

         

Race or ethnicity

         

White

75.4 73.1 78.5 39.6 -38.9

African American

11.9 17.0 71.1 28.7 -42.3

Asian

5.3 2.2 74.2 42.0 -32.2

Native American

0.8 1.4 67.6 34.4 -33.2

Other or multiracial

6.7 6.3 74.6 37.6 -37.0

Hispanic(1)

15.1 11.8 74.7 38.2 -36.5

Non-Hispanic

84.9 88.2 77.5 37.5 -40.0

 

         

Sample size

1,643,147 195,477

Footnotes:
(1) Hispanic people may be of any race.

NOTE: All of the differences listed are statistically significant at p < .05.
SOURCE: Based on 2008 American Community Survey of all working-age (18-64 years) people conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau.

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