Sandström Glenn, Namatovu Fredinah, Ineland Jens, Larsson Daniel, Ng Nawi, Stattin Mikael
Centre for Demographic and Ageing Research, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden.
Stockholm University Demography Unit (SUDA), Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden.
Popul Res Policy Rev. 2021;40(2):163-185. doi: 10.1007/s11113-020-09570-2. Epub 2020 Feb 5.
This study investigates how the probability to live alone has developed among working age individuals with and without disabilities in Sweden during the period 1993-2011 when extensive political reforms to improve the integration of disabled individuals in society were implemented. The results show that individuals with disabilities are approximately twice as likely to be living alone when compared to individuals without disabilities. People with disabilities were also more likely to report low life satisfaction, and this was especially true among individuals with disabilities living alone. Men and women with disabilities also tend to experience longer periods of living as a one-person household than non-disabled people. Over time we find no indications of reduced differences in family outcomes between disabled and non-disabled individuals but rather evidence to the contrary. These differences are interpreted as being the result of the disadvantage disabled individual's experience in the partner market and that people with disabilities are less successful in forming partnerships that can lead to cohabitation and family formation. The results thus show how disabled individuals still face societal barriers that limit their possibilities to find and sustain relationships that result in stable cohabitation despite increased efforts to improve their inclusion in Swedish society.
本研究调查了1993年至2011年期间，瑞典实施广泛政治改革以促进残疾人士融入社会时，有残疾和无残疾的工作年龄个体独自生活的概率是如何变化的。结果表明，与无残疾个体相比，残疾个体独自生活的可能性大约是其两倍。残疾人士也更有可能报告生活满意度较低，独自生活的残疾个体尤其如此。与非残疾人士相比，残疾男性和女性作为单人家庭生活的时间也往往更长。随着时间的推移，我们没有发现残疾个体和非残疾个体在家庭状况方面的差异有所缩小的迹象，反而有相反的证据。这些差异被解释为残疾个体在伴侣市场中处于劣势的结果，以及残疾人士在建立能够导致同居和组建家庭的伴侣关系方面不太成功。因此，研究结果表明，尽管瑞典社会加大了促进残疾人士融入的力度，但残疾个体仍然面临社会障碍，这些障碍限制了他们寻找和维持能够导致稳定同居关系的可能性。
