Americans with Disabilities: 1997 - Table 3
Table 3. Selected Characteristics of Individuals 25 Years Old and Over by Disability Status: 1997
(August-November 1997 data from the Survey of Income and Program Participation)
Disability status by Age
25 to 64 years old 65 years old and over
Severe Not None Severe Not None
severe severe
Total (thousands) 16,700 9,794 112,604 12,073 5,408 14,583
Percent distribution 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
RELATIONSHIP
In married-couple family 52.4 65.5 70.0 47.0 54.6 62.3
Householder or spouse 46.1 63.4 66.3 42.0 52.2 60.1
In other family 14.2 11.9 10.0 8.2 5.8 5.3
Householder 12.2 10.3 8.4 7.2 5.4 4.8
Unrelated individual 33.4 22.6 20.0 44.8 39.6 32.5
Lives alone 17.0 13.1 10.0 36.8 35.2 28.1
PERCEIVED HEALTH STATUS
Very good or excellent 14.5 39.7 75.1 8.8 25.9 50.7
Good 26.6 39.5 22.3 23.2 41.3 38.7
Fair or poor 58.9 20.8 2.6 68.0 32.8 10.5
HEALTH INSURANCE
COVERAGE STATUS
With health insurance 82.8 83.7 84.6 99.4 99.6 98.8
Private or military 47.5 79.7 82.3 67.0 78.1 79.7
Medicare 25.6 - - 95.8 97.2 94.6
Both medicare and
private or military 10.6 - - 65.6 76.2 76.4
Medicaid 32.5 4.8 2.7 18.0 8.0 5.0
Both medicaid and
medicare 9.6 - - 15.7 7.5 4.0
No health insurance 17.2 16.3 15.4 0.6 0.4 1.2
EDUCATION
Not a high school graduate 32.6 15.0 10.7 46.2 34.6 25.9
High school graduate 34.8 34.6 30.7 28.8 33.6 35.4
Some college 23.2 32.3 30.1 16.2 18.6 21.1
College graduate 9.4 18.2 28.5 8.8 13.2 17.6
PROGRAM PARTICIPATION
Cash assistance 24.4 2.6 1.2 11.0 4.4 2.6
SSI 20.3 - - 10.7 4.1 2.5
Other cash assistance 5.8 2.6 1.2 0.6 0.4 0.1
Food stamps 16.2 3.8 2.1 6.7 2.3 1.3
Public/subsidized housing 9.2 2.8 1.9 7.2 3.7 1.9
INDIVIDUAL INCOME
(ANNUAL RATE1)
Less than $20,000 80.2 50.1 43.7 83.5 72.6 68.4
$20,000 to $39,999 14.0 31.8 32.5 13.1 21.3 22.9
$40,000 to $59,999 3.6 11.3 13.3 2.4 3.5 5.1
$60,000 to $79,999 1.4 3.7 5.6 0.7 1.6 1.6
$80,000 and over 0.9 3.0 4.9 0.4 1.0 2.1
Disability status by Age
25 to 64 years old 65 years old and over
Severe Not None Severe Not None
severe severe
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
(ANNUAL RATE1)
Less than $20,000 41.8 19.6 13.9 52.6 42.6 34.1
$20,000 to $39,999 29.3 28.3 26.0 28.7 34.8 37.6
$40,000 to $59,999 13.9 22.8 23.3 10.7 11.7 14.4
$60,000 to $79,999 7.2 13.8 15.9 4.1 5.6 6.9
$80,000 and over 7.9 15.6 20.9 3.9 5.3 7.0
POVERTY STATUS
In poverty 27.9 10.4 8.3 16.6 9.1 6.9
Not in poverty 72.2 89.6 91.7 83.4 90.9 93.1
- Rounds to zero.
1 The annual rate of income equals the income received during the four months preceding the
interview month multiplied by 3.
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Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Housing and Household Economic Statistics Division
