How do people with disabilities cope while waiting for disability insurance benefits?

Table 1 Distribution of waiting time by application stage

	Mean	Std. Dev.	Minimum	Maximum
Stage 2
All	4.99	1.05	2.80	9.68
New York	4.68	0.52	3.58	5.47
California	5.51	1.06	4.07	8.29
Texas	4.98	0.44	4.31	5.95
Stage 3
All	3.93	0.71	2.43	7.52
New York	3.50	0.38	2.81	4.36
California	4.06	0.55	3.48	5.52
Texas	4.00	0.29	3.57	4.58
Stage 4
All	6.02	1.36	3.48	14.77
New York	5.10	0.82	3.82	6.46
California	6.25	1.18	4.56	9.39
Texas	5.85	0.50	5.09	6.93
Stage 5
All	5.78	1.15	3.58	12.82
New York	5.12	0.72	3.83	6.10
California	5.82	0.87	4.61	8.15
Texas	5.72	0.56	4.77	6.97

Notes: The table displays waiting time in months for all states and selected states by application stage for the period 1990–2010.