Status inconsistency and type of disability in Social Security applicants

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1978

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Social Security disability allowances in 1970 were examined to determine the effects of status inconsistency for type of disability. Status dimensions of race, sex, age, and occupation were used to form combinations of age-sex, race-sex, and sex-occ. Mental disorders and circulatory disease were considered stress related and all other illnesses as non-stress related. The nominal scale variables constituted an ordinal ranking for the status dimensions. Measurements included percentages and chi-squares for the 2x2 four cell tables. All results were negative. There was no evidence for an assertion that occupants of inconsistent status combinations were more likely to suffer from a stress related disability than non-stress related illnesses. Suggested here is the use of census data for 1970 to increase the data base. The use of census data would allow the use of combinations of three statuses and make easier the task of controlling status dimensions not included in a particular configuration.

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Disabilities, Social Security System

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