Hooker M, Krute A
Soc Secur Bull. 1977 Aug;40(8):15-22.
The 1972 Survey of Disabled and Nondisabled Adults found that more than 1 million severely disabled persons aged 20-64 were receiving payments under Federal-State public assistance programs. To determine the reasons why most of these individuals did not qualify for disabled-worker benefits under the social security program, their characteristics were compared with those of the approximately 1.5 million disabled-worker beneficiaries. The public assistance recipients were found to be younger and less well educated than their disabled-worker beneficiary counterparts. A greater proportion of them were women and more were members of minority races. Public assistance recipients became disabled at an earlier age and had been disabled longer. Compared with disabled-worker beneficiaries, they had held less skilled jobs, had earned less money, and had had a weaker attachment to the labor force. These characteristics greatly reduced their chances of qualifying for disabled-worker benefits. Lack of knowledge about the program was also an important contributing factor.
1972年对残疾和非残疾成年人的调查发现，超过100万年龄在20至64岁之间的重度残疾人正在领取联邦-州公共援助项目的款项。为了确定这些人中大多数不符合社会保障项目中残疾工人福利资格的原因，将他们的特征与大约150万残疾工人福利受益者的特征进行了比较。结果发现，公共援助领取者比残疾工人福利受益者更年轻，受教育程度更低。他们中女性比例更大，少数族裔成员更多。公共援助领取者致残年龄更早，残疾时间更长。与残疾工人福利受益者相比，他们从事的工作技能要求较低，收入较少，与劳动力市场的联系也较弱。这些特征大大降低了他们获得残疾工人福利资格的机会。对该项目缺乏了解也是一个重要的促成因素。
