U.S. Census Bureau

 Disability






Publications


Disability Reports and Briefs
YearTitleFile Type/Size
2006 2006 ACS Content Test Evaluation Report Covering Disability (Report P4)
Based on data from the 2006 American Community Survey Content Test
[PDF]

2002 Americans with Disabilities: 2002 (P70-107)
Based on data from the Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP)
[HTML]

2000 Disability and American Families: 2000 (CENSR-23)
Based on data from Census 2000
[PDF]
Disability Status: 2000 (C2KBR-17)
Based on data from Census 2000
[HTML]

1997 Americans with Disabilities: 1997 (P70-73)
Based on data from the Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP)
[HTML]

1994-5 Americans with Disabilities: 1994-95 (P70-61)
Based on data from the Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP)
[HTML]
Census Brief: Disabilities Affect One-Fifth of All Americans (CENBR/97-5)
Based on data from the Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP)
[PDF - 56 KB]

1991-2 Americans with Disabilities: 1991-92 (P70-33)
Based on data from the Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP)
[HTML]
Americans with Disabilities: Statistical Brief (SB/94-1)
Based on data from the Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP)
[PDF - 88 KB]

1985-86 The Need for Personal Assistance with Everyday Activities: Recipients and Caregivers (P70-19)
Based on data from the Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP)
[HTML]

1984-5 Disability Functional Limitation, and Health Insurance Coverage: 1984/85 (P70-8)
Based on data from the Survey of Income and Program Participation
[HTML]



General Reports containing disability data
2000 Census of Population and Housing Summary Social, Economic and Housing Characteristics (PHC-2)
  • Tables 5, 6, 35, and 51 contain disability data
  • 1990 Census of Population Social and Economic Characteristics (CP-2)
    1990 Census of Population and Housing Summary Social, Economic, and Housing Characteristics (CPH-5)
  • Table 7 and 8 contain disability data
  • Employment Situation of Vietnam-Era Veterans (Current Population Survey 1993)



    Staff Papers
    TitleFile Type/Size
    Disability Status and the Characteristics of People in Group Quarters: A Brief Analysis of Disability Prevalence Among the Civilian Noninstitutionalized and Total Populations in the American Community Survey, released February 2008 [PDF -- 56 KB]
    Disability Data from the American Community Survey: A Brief Examination of the Effects of a Question Redesign in 2003, released February 2005 [PDF -- 113 KB]
    Counting People With Disabilities: How Survey Methodology Influences Estimates in Census 2000 and the Census 2000 Supplementary Survey, released August 2004 [PDF -- 310 KB]
    "Counting People with Disabilities", 2003 ASA Presentation August 2004[PDF -- 1.18 MB]
    Employment, Earnings, and Disability (1991/92, 1993/94, 1994/95, 1997 data from the Survey of Income and Program Participation) Paper presented at the 2000 Western Economic Association Conference[PDF -- 31 KB]
    Tables of disability data from the Survey of Income and Program Participation: Attachments to Employment, Earnings, and Disability Paper[PDF -- 119 KB]


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    Contact the Demographic Call Center Staff at 301-763-2422 or 1-866-758-1060 (toll free) or visit ask.census.gov for further information on Disability Data.

    Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Housing and Household Economic Statistics Division