Data Sources for People with Disabilities
As researchers, we know it can be really challenging to find data for people with disabilities that are available at multiple geographic levels. Here are a few resources you may be interested in:
IPUMS ACS Microdata
The IPUMS American Community Survey microdata has data on people with disabilities. There are several variables including identifying those with cognitive, physical, self-care, vision, and hearing. The lowest level of geography this data is available at is the public use microdata level.
Unbanked/Underbanked Supplement to the Current Population Survey
The Current Population Survey (CPS) is the source of the official government statistics on employment and unemployment. The CPS has been conducted monthly for over 50 years. Currently, they obtain interviews from about 54,000 households monthly, scientifically selected on the basis of area of residence to represent the nation as a whole, individual states, and other specified areas. Each household is interviewed once a month for four consecutive months one year, and again for the corresponding time period a year later.
Food Security Supplement to the Current Population Survey
This data section provides information about publicly available national surveys that include questions from the U.S. Food Security Survey Module. Public-use household-level Current Population Survey Food Security Supplement (CPS-FSS) data files are available for each year since 1995.
National Health Interview Survey
The National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) is the principal source of information on the health of the civilian noninstitutionalized population of the United States and is one of the major data collection programs of the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) which is part of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The National Health Survey Act of 1956 provided for a continuing survey and special studies to secure accurate and current statistical information on the amount, distribution, and effects of illness and disability in the United States and the services rendered for or because of such conditions.
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