Looking at Employment through a Lifespan Telescope: Age, Health, and Employment Status of People with Serious Visual Impairment.

Autor/inn/en	Kirchner, Corinne; Schmeidler, Emilie; Todorov, Alexander
Institution	Mississippi State Univ., Mississippi State. Rehabilitation Research and Training Center on Blindness and Low Vision.; American Foundation for the Blind, New York, NY.
Titel	Looking at Employment through a Lifespan Telescope: Age, Health, and Employment Status of People with Serious Visual Impairment.
Quelle	(1999), (117 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Beigaben	Tabellen
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Adults; Age Differences; Blindness; Employment; Employment Patterns; National Surveys; Performance Factors; Predictor Variables; Research Needs; Special Health Problems; Visual Impairments + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Blindheit; Dienstverhältnis; Beschäftigungsstruktur; Leistungsindikator; Prädiktor; Forschungsbedarf; Zivilisationskrankheit; Visual handicap; Sehbehinderung
Abstract	This report discusses the outcomes of a study that examined employment issues for people with serious visual impairments. The study reviewed data from the 1994 and 1995 National Health Interview Survey that included 128,001 people (ages 18-69) with and without visual impairments. Chapter 1 highlights age (seen as lifestage) and health status as critical determinants of the meaning and importance of employment in people's lives and suggests those facts have been surprisingly neglected as analytic tools in research on employment and disability. Chapter 2 reviews key variables relating to vision and disability status, key employment and work variables, and key social and health factors. Chapter 3 focuses on employment status and on "working" as a major life role, comparing people with serious visual impairment to the general public and to people with nonvisual impairments. Chapter 4 introduces employment data for people who are legally blind and compares them to others with serious visual impairments. The next chapter continues the focus on comparisons of people who are legally blind with others who have serious visual impairments. It shows that health and multiple impairments are powerful factors. The final chapter summarizes and discusses major conclusions and implications. (Contains 61 references and 45 tables.) (CR)
Anmerkungen	Rehabilitation Research and Training Center on Blindness and Low Vision, P.O. Box 6189 Mississippi State, MS 39762 ($25, available in print, computer diskette, or audio cassette). Tel: 662-325-2001; Fax: 662-325-8989; Tel: 662-325-8693 (TDD); e-mail: rrtc@ra.msstate.edu; Web site: .
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2004/1/01