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Table 5 Descriptive statistics of SSDI applicants, by application duration, at the month of application

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

 

0-3 months

4-6 months

6-12 months

Longer than 12 months

 

Mean

Standard deviation

Mean

Standard deviation

Mean

Standard deviation

Mean

Standard deviation

Age

44.8

0.41

45.1

0.5

45.6

0.92

44.9

0.98

Male

55.2

1.61

53

2.21

50.9

3.95

52.5

4.64

Race

        

  White

79.8

1.27

76.6

1.81

75.5

3.17

75.8

2.44

  Black

17.5

1.21

21.2

1.76

21.3

3.01

22.4

2.38

  Other

2.7

0.48

2.2

0.57

3.2

1.33

1.8

0.77

Education

        

  High-school drop-out

31.5

1.46

31.7

1.98

31.4

3.35

32.3

2.68

  High-school graduate

36.9

1.5

37.3

2.04

39.6

3.6

37.3

2.73

  Some college

31.6

1.55

31

1.97

29

3.55

30.4

2.53

Marital status

        

  Married

50.6

1.59

46.1

2.1

48.3

3.72

58.8

2.79

  Divorced

23.5

1.32

26.9

1.94

28.5

3.32

27.2

2.52

  Single

21.1

1.49

21.3

1.74

16

2.63

10.7

1.79

Family/household structure

        

  Family size

2.7

0.06

2.7

0.07

2.7

0.13

2.8

0.09

  Household size

2.9

0.06

2.9

0.07

2.9

0.13

2.9

0.09

  Number of kids in family

0.7

0.03

0.7

0.04

0.6

0.07

0.8

0.06

Employment

        

  Employed this month

25.8

1.35

23.5

1.82

21.4

2.86

27.6

2.5

Income

        

  Income (person)

1,116

68.12

1,028

75.69

846

89.36

1,075

91.1

  Income (household)

3,166

106.23

2,992

124.07

2,846

200.57

3,125

165.55

  Earnings (monthly, person)

474

43.43

363

48.26

284

66.66

383

62.95

  Earnings (household)

2,170

89

1,954

106.6

1,908

187.94

2,030

141.45

SSDI

        

  Application right-censored

2.9

0.58

9.3

1.25

19.9

3.35

62.7

2.75

  Application duration

1.3

0.22

4.1

0.04

8.1

0.13

28.6

1.66

  Month of first benefit payment

5.4

0.31

7.8

0.37

11

0.46

29.4

1.69

  Joint SSDI/SSI application

46.4

1.6

53.5

2.11

49.5

3.71

41.2

2.77

N

2,049

 

1,476

 

475

 

594

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