Integrating Measurements Of Disability In Federal Surveys

DHHS Publication PHS 2002-1469. Vital and Health Statistics. Series 4, No. 32 Documents and Committee Reports. By Thomas Hale, et al. Containst he proceedings of the session on "Integrating Comparable Measures of Disability in Federal Surveys" from the seminar "Integrating Federal Statistical Information and Practices." Also contains remarks of the sessions' two discussants.

In Nov. 2000, the Fed. Committee on Statistical Methodology (FSCSM) convened the seminar Integrating Fed. Statistical Info. & PracticesÓ to foster a greater awareness of the importance of integrating statistical info. issued by different Fed. agencies. Disability statistics was one of a dozen cross-cutting subject matter areas discussed at the FSCSM seminar. This pub. contains the proceedings of the session on Integrating Comparable Measures of Disability in Fed. Surveys.Ó It describes programs that count people with disabilities in surveys of 4 Fed. statistical agencies: the Bur. of Labor Stat., the Social Security Admin., the Nat. Center for Health Stat., & the Bur. of Justice Stat. Part 2 contains the remarks of the sessions' 2 discussants.

This book examines a wide array of labour market and social protection programmes aimed at people with disabilities and analyses the relationship between policies and outcomes across twenty OECD countries.

The Social Security Administration (SSA) is engaged in redesigning its disability determination process for providing cash benefits and medical assistance to blind and disabled persons under the Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) program and the Supplemental Security Income (SSI) program (Title II and Title XVI of the Social Security Act). The agency has undertaken a multiyear research effort to develop and test the feasibility, validity, reliability, and practicality of the redesigned disability determination process before making any decision about its national implementation. Survey Measurement of Work Disability reviews and provides advice on this research. One of the major areas for review is the ongoing independent, scientific review of the scope of work, design, and content of the Disability Evaluation Study (DES) and the conduct of the study by the chosen survey contractor. This report identifies statistical design, methodological, and content concerns and addresses other issues as they arise.