Table 3 Reported employment barriers for those not currently working, overall, and by disability subgroup
From: The role of workplace accommodations in the employment of people with disabilities
Characteristics | Means by subgroup | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All | (1) Physical only | (2) Sensory only | (3) Psychiatric only | (4) Multiple disabilities | (5) Recent disability onset | |
N = 1267 | N = 514 | N = 46 | N = 139 | N = 518 | N = 339 | |
Condition prevents working | 66.9 | 74.0 | 29.3 | 58.3 | 69.1 | 73.5 |
Cannot find job | 58.6 | 51.4 | 56.3 | 72.6 | 62.3 | 49.4 |
Discouraged from previous attempt | 48.0 | 39.6 | 37.6 | 61.2 | 53.9 | 37.3 |
Employers will not give them a chance | 43.9 | 35.9 | 36.1 | 48.3 | 50.7 | 29.5 |
Lack of skills | 42.0 | 35.8 | 20.9 | 45.3 | 48.9 | 29.5 |
Workplace not accessible | 32.6 | 37.4 | 27.0 | 20.5 | 33.5 | 32.5 |
Lack of reliable transportation | 29.4 | 25.6 | 36.4 | 30.0 | 32.6 | 21.1 |
In school/training | 24.6 | 23.1 | 16.1 | 24.8 | 26.9 | 22.3 |
Did not want to lose SSDI/Medicaid | 23.1 | 23.3 | 12.2 | 22.6 | 24.0 | 12.0 |
Family does not think they can work | 22.6 | 21.9 | 8.9 | 18.5 | 25.5 | 15.1 |
Caregiving | 13.7 | 12.5 | 18.2 | 13.0 | 13.7 | 7.8 |