McDonnall Michele C, Cmar Jennifer L, McKnight Zhen
The National Research & Training Center on Blindness & Low Vision, Mississippi State University.
J Vocat Rehabil. 2023;59(3):263-272. doi: 10.3233/jvr-230044. Epub 2023 Nov 14.
College graduates without visual impairments earn more than college graduates with visual impairments. Differences in degree majors obtained or differences in earnings associated with degree majors for the two groups might explain this discrepancy in earnings.
The purpose of this study was to examine (a) differences in degree major categories and (b) relationships between degree majors and earnings for college graduates with and without visual impairments.
We obtained data for college-educated, working-age adults from the American Community Survey. We utilized descriptive statistics to compare degree major categories by visual impairment and multiple regression to evaluate predictors of annual earnings for college graduates who worked full-time/full-year.
Small differences in degree majors obtained were found between college graduates with and without visual impairments. Significant predictors of earnings included 23 out of 25 degree majors and several other demographic and socioeconomic characteristics. Effects of three majors and several other variables differed for people with visual impairments.
People with visual impairments were slightly more likely to hold degrees with lower-paying majors and less likely to hold degrees with two higher-paying majors. Regardless of degree major, college graduates with visual impairments had substantially lower average earnings than the general population.
没有视力障碍的大学毕业生比有视力障碍的大学毕业生收入更高。两组在获得的学位专业上的差异或与学位专业相关的收入差异可能解释了这种收入差异。
本研究的目的是检验（a）有视力障碍和没有视力障碍的大学毕业生在学位专业类别上的差异，以及（b）学位专业与收入之间的关系。
我们从美国社区调查中获取了受过大学教育、处于工作年龄的成年人的数据。我们使用描述性统计来比较有视力障碍和无视力障碍者的学位专业类别，并使用多元回归来评估全职/全年工作的大学毕业生年收入的预测因素。
有视力障碍和没有视力障碍的大学毕业生在获得的学位专业上存在细微差异。收入的显著预测因素包括25个学位专业中的23个以及其他一些人口统计学和社会经济特征。对于有视力障碍的人来说，三个专业和其他几个变量的影响有所不同。
有视力障碍的人获得低薪专业学位的可能性略高，而获得两个高薪专业学位的可能性较低。无论学位专业如何，有视力障碍的大学毕业生的平均收入都大大低于普通人群。
