Parents With and Without Disabilities: Demographics, Material Hardship, and Program Participation

Abstract

To compare demographics, material hardship, and public benefit program participation among parents with and without disabilities, we analyzed data from the 2008 Survey of Income and Program Participation. Households led by parents with disabilities were significantly more likely to experience hardships despite also being more likely to receive public benefits.

Parents With and Without Disabilities: Demographics, Material Hardship, and Program Participation by Rajan Anthony Sonik, Susan L Parish, Monika Mitra, & Joanne Nicholson is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. Based on a work at http://rdsjournal.org/index.php/journal/article/view/822. Permissions beyond the scope of this license may be available at https://www.rds.hawaii.edu.