The role of workplace accommodations in the employment of people with disabilities

Table 5 Individual characteristics by receipt of workplace accommodations in current or last job

Characteristics	Percentage by receipt of accommodation
	No accommodation	Accommodation	Difference
	N = 523	N = 1759
Currently employed	26.2	36.8	10.6***
Gender
Male	52.5	49.4	− 3.2
Female	47.5	50.6	3.2
Hispanic	4.6	5.5	0.9
Education
Less than high school	15.1	14.5	− 0.7
High school	41.0	40.9	− 0.1
Some college or associate’s degree	32.5	32.9	0.4
Bachelor’s degree or higher	11.3	11.7	0.4
Disability type
Physical only	41.5	35.9	− 5.6***
Sensory only	9.0	6.8	− 2.2*
Intellectual only	0.0	1.0	1.0**
Cognitive only	2.2	2.8	0.7
Psychiatric only	9.7	11.0	1.3
Other only	0.1	0.8	0.7
Several disabilities	37.5	41.6	4.1*
Age (mean)	44.9	42.4	− 2.5***
Married	25.7	19.3	− 6.4***
Self-rated health
Excellent	5.1	8.3	3.2**
Very good	14.9	19.0	4.1**
Good	34.8	31.8	− 2.9
Fair	31.2	31.1	0.0
Poor	14.1	9.8	− 4.3***
Years since onset	14.0	16.2	2.2***
Recent onset	15.6	13.9	− 1.8
Birth onset	3.2	5.2	2.0*
Executive functioning
Is a reliable worker	85.5	87.5	2.0
Perseveres until task is done	79.6	78.7	− 1.0
Is easily distracted	16.2	20.9	4.7**

Source: Authors’ tabulations of the Survey of Disability and Employment
*Statistically significant at the 0.10 level; **statistically significant at the 0.05 level; *** statistically significant at the 0.01 level