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

Table 6 Individual characteristics by employment barriers reported for those who are not working

Characteristics	Percentage by reported employment barrier
	Inaccessible workplace is a barrier	Inaccessible workplace is not a barrier	Difference	Lack of transportation is a barrier	Lack of transportation is not a barrier	Difference
	N = 412	N = 855		N = 369	N = 898
Gender
Male	49.5	51.7	− 2.2	49.9	51.5	− 1.6
Female	50.5	48.3	2.2	50.1	48.5	1.6
Hispanic	4.6	5.1	− 0.5	3.8	5.4	− 1.6
Education
Less than high school	19.5	13.9	5.6***	18.4	14.6	3.8*
High school	41.7	43.4	− 1.7	46.2	41.5	4.7
Some college or associate’s degree	30.4	34.2	− 3.8	28.7	34.8	− 6.1**
Bachelor’s degree or higher	8.3	8.5	− 0.1	6.8	9.1	− 2.3
Disability type
Physical only	44.7	36.1	8.6***	33.9	40.9	− 7.1**
Sensory only	2.7	3.5	− 0.8	4.0	2.9	1.1
Intellectual only	0.5	0.6	− 0.2	0.0	0.8	− 0.8*
Cognitive only	0.9	3.5	− 2.6***	2.2	2.9	− 0.7
Psychiatric only	6.8	12.8	− 6.0***	11.1	10.7	0.3
Other only	0.0	1.1	− 1.1**	1.1	0.6	0.5
Several disabilities	44.4	42.5	1.9	47.8	41.2	6.7**
Age (mean)	44.1	41.9	2.2***	43.0	42.5	0.5
Married	19.3	17.5	1.8	14.8	19.5	− 4.7**
Self-rated health
Excellent	6.5	7.4	− 0.9	7.1	7.1	0.0
Very good	10.1	15.8	− 5.8***	12.1	14.8	− 2.7
Good	26.9	33.6	− 6.6**	32.0	31.1	0.9
Fair	36.6	32.5	4.2	32.8	34.2	− 1.4
Poor	19.9	10.8	9.2***	16.0	12.8	3.1
Years since onset	15.9	15.2	0.6	17.5	14.6	3.0***
Recent onset	13.3	12.5	0.8	8.5	14.5	− 6.0***
Birth onset	4.8	4.0	0.8	5.6	3.7	1.9
Executive functioning
Is a reliable worker	81.1	87.5	− 6.4***	82.8	86.5	− 3.8*
Perseveres until task is done	76.4	78.8	− 2.3	75.8	78.9	− 3.1
Is easily distracted	26.0	18.1	7.9***	26.8	18.1	8.7***

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