Survey measurement of work disability : summary of a workshop / Nancy Mathiowetz and Gooloo S. Wunderlich, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Mathiowetz, Nancy A.

Wunderlich, Gooloo S.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Disability evaluation--United States.

Disability evaluation.

Social security--United States.

Social security.

Physical Description:

x, 97 p. : ill.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, 2000.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

Front Matter

Acknowledgments

Contents

1 Introduction

2 Conceptual Issues in the Measurement of Work Disability

3 Methodological Issues in the Measurement of Work Disability

4 Summary of Workshop Discussions

5 An Agenda for Research in Survey Measurement of Work Disability

References

APPENDIX B Workshop on Survey Measurement of Work Disability: Challenges for Survey Design and Method

APPENDIX C Workshop on Survey Measurement of Work Disability: Challenges for Survey Design and Method

Acronyms and Abbreviations

Biographical Sketches of Committee Members.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. 73-76).

ISBN:

0-309-17216-0

0-309-51663-3

OCLC:

923256008