Intersections between disability, type of impairment, gender and socio-economic disadvantage in a nationally representative sample of 33,101 working-aged Australians

Abstract

Crude comparisons between people with and without disabilities obscure how disadvantage is patterned according to impairment type and gender. The results emphasize the need to unpack how gender and disability intersect to shape socio-economic disadvantage.

Inequalities in socio-economic characteristics and health and wellbeing of men with and without disabilities: a cross-sectional analysis of the baseline wave of the Australian Longitudinal Study on Male Health

“…Our findings correspond with those of previous Australian studies using HILDA and the ABS surveys – the Survey of Disability, Ageing and Carers and General Household Social Survey [12, 22, 34–37]. However, this paper adds to the existing literature by covering a broader range of social and economic domains and indicators of health and wellbeing and using an internationally validated instrument to measure disability.…”

“…Future analyses could explore a range of different cut-offs and compare outcomes among men with different types of impairments as previous research has shown that people with psychological and intellectual impairments tend to fare worse on socio-economic and health outcomes than people with sensory and speech and physical impairments [12, 22]. …”

“…Analyses of national data from the Australian Survey of Disability, Ageing and Carers involving over 30,000 adults revealed that men with disabilities were more likely to experience concentrated disadvantage (i.e. multiple indicators of disadvantage such as low income, housing stress and unemployment) than men without disabilities (22 % vs 5 %) [22]. The disadvantaged circumstances of men with disabilities are likely to have flow on effects to health and wellbeing.…”

Age Cohort Variation in Drinking Among People With Physical Impairments: Politically Oriented Coping in the Wake of the Great Recession

“…A physical impairment – broadly defined as a condition that “substantially limits one or more major life activities” (Americans With Disabilities Act of 1990, 1991) is often associated with high levels of stress, great material hardship and socio-economic disadvantage (National Council on Disability, 2008; Kavanagh et al, 2015). Research has also demonstrated that physical impairment is accompanied by higher levels of alcohol use and alcohol-related disorders (Brown, 2015; Brown et al, 2014; Corrigan & Bogner, 2007; Ebener & Smedema, 2011; Turner et al, 2006).…”

Food insufficiency and food insecurity as risk factors for physical disability among Palestinian refugees in Lebanon: Evidence from an observational study

“…There is evidence that income is lower and the poverty rate higher for the disabled. 4 This is often attributed to lower labor market participation of the disabled person and possibly other members in their household. 5,6 The presence of a disability may create demand for competing goods and services that households with disabled members may trade-off essential food consumption in order to secure.…”