TABLE 4.

SSDI/SSI – Predicting Application and Receipt (Persons with Any Mental Disorder)

	Predicting Application (Odds Ratio)	Predicting Receipt among Applicants (Odds Ratio)
R-Squared for Model	.422 (30 df)	.124 (30 df)
N for Model	3,729	1,393
Social-Demographic Variables
Male	1.53**	1.30
Nonwhite	1.39*	1.05
Age
18 through 24	1.00	1.00
25 through 44	1.71**	0.89
45 through 64	2.16**	1.14
Education
Not High School Graduate	1.00	1.00
High School Graduate	0.68**	0.80
Some College or College Graduate	0.53**	0.58**
Post-College	0.38**	0.47*
Household Income
Less than 20 k/Year	1.00	1.00
20 to 29.9 k/Year	0.56**	0.88
30 to 39.9 k/Year	0.49**	1.05
40 k or More/Year	0.41**	0.73
Unknown	0.69*	1.43
Living Situation
Living with Spouse	0.59**	0.84
Living Alone	1.02	1.29
Living with Other Relative or Nonrelative	1.00	1.00
Number of People in Family	0.87**	0.89
Illness and Disability-related Variables
Have a Serious Mental Illness	1.94**	1.21
Have a Substance Abuse Disorder	0.77	0.78
Have a Physical Condition	0.97	0.65
Fair or Poor Health	1.46**	0.93
Any Problems with ADLs	2.02**	1.29
Any Problems with IADLs	2.14**	1.44*
Restricted Activity Days, Past 2 Weeks	0.98	0.96**
Work Disability, Health Care, Benefits, Social/Psychological Problems
Level of Work Disability
Limited in Kind/Amount of Work	1.95**	1.04
Unable to Work	9.19**	2.84**
Number of Doctor Visits, Past 12 Months (Log-Transformed)	1.12*	1.06
Any Psychiatric Hospitalization, Past 12 Months	1.38	2.25
Visited Psychiatrist, Psychologist, or Social Worker, Past 12 Months	1.09	1.09
Received Services from Mental Health Community Support Program (Due to Social/Psychological Problems), Past 12 Months	2.00**	1.26
Household Members' Experience with SSDI/SSI
SSDI/SSI Applicant (Nonrecipient) in Household	1.59	1.12
SSDI/SSI Recipient in Household	3.13**	2.73**
One or More Social/Psychological Problems	1.09	0.75

^*p < .05

^**p < .01

Sources:

NHIS-D, 1994, 1995, and other NHIS 1994, 1995 data sets.