Lerner Center for Public Health Promotion and Population Health
Population Health Research Brief Series
A Tale of Two Statistics: Has Unemployment among Adults with Disabilities Really Declined?
Jennifer D. Brooks
May 2019
This data slice describes that although the unemployment rate has declined among both those with and without disabilities, the percentage of working-age adults in both groups who are out of the labor force altogether (i.e., not looking for work or unable to work) is higher than a decade ago.