Table 1.
Mean values of variables between people with and without disabilities (n = 393; standard deviation in parenthesis for continuous variables). Note that those with disabilities may have multiple disability types.
| Variables | Total | No disability | With disability1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disability status dummy (1 = yes) | 41.0% | – | 100.0% |
| Disability type: Sensory | – | – | 43.5% |
| Disability type: Cognitive | – | – | 39.1% |
| Disability type: Mobility | – | – | 28.6% |
| Disability type: Others (e.g., self-care, independent living) | – | – | 37.3% |
| Most impactful disability type (1 = Sensory) | – | – | 31.1% |
| Most impactful disability type (1 = Cognitive) | – | – | 21.1% |
| Most impactful disability type (1 = Mobility) | – | – | 24.8% |
| Most impactful disability type (1 = Others) | – | – | 23.0% |
| Age (years)* | 41.8 (16.9) | 40.0 (15.9) | 44.5 (18.0) |
| Age dummy (1 = 65 years or older)* | 14.2% | 10.3% | 19.9% |
| Female dummy (1 = yes)** | 61.3% | 67.2% | 52.8% |
| Non-Hispanic White dummy (1 = yes)* | 65.9% | 61.6% | 72.0% |
| Worker status dummy (1 = full-time or part-time) | 50.4% | 52.2% | 47.8% |
| Educational attainment dummy (1 = bachelor’s degree or higher) | 32.6% | 31.5% | 34.2% |
| Household income (past 12 months) | |||
| Less than $10,000 | 13.0% | 13.8% | 11.8% |
| $10,000 to $14,999 | 4.3% | 4.7% | 3.7% |
| $15,000 to $24,999 | 13.5% | 11.6% | 16.1% |
| $25,000 to $34,999 | 11.2% | 10.3% | 12.4% |
| $35,000 to $49,999 | 13.7% | 12.5% | 15.5% |
| $50,000 to $74,999 | 13.0% | 13.8% | 11.8% |
| $75,000 to $99,999 | 8.9% | 9.9% | 7.5% |
| $100,000 to $149,000 | 8.4% | 8.2% | 8.7% |
| $150,000 to $199,999 | 3.6% | 2.2% | 5.6% |
| $200,000 or more | 3.6% | 4.7% | 1.9% |
| Don’t know | 6.9% | 8.2% | 5.0% |
| Category 1: poverty (1 = less than $25 K)2 | 30.8% | 30.2% | 31.7% |
| Category 2: low (1 = between $25 K and $50 K)2 | 24.9% | 22.8% | 28.0% |
| Household size | 2.9 (1.4) | 3.0 (1.5) | 2.8 (1.4) |
| Number of children | 0.6 (0.9) | 0.7 (0.9) | 0.6 (0.9) |
| Marital status dummy (1 = married or living with a partner) | 52.7% | 52.6% | 52.8% |
| Driver status dummy (1 = driver) | 82.7% | 81.0% | 85.1% |
| Student status dummy (1 = student) | 16.3% | 16.4% | 16.1% |
| Home ownership status dummy (1 = owner) | 51.7% | 51.3% | 52.2% |
| Housing type dummy (1 = single-family housing) | 63.6% | 66.8% | 59.0% |
| Population density (1000 people/square mile; zip code) | 6.3 (14.9) | 5.6 (13.4) | 7.3 (16.9) |
| Urban area dummy (1 = Census-designated urban area) | 64.9% | 64.5% | 65.6% |
1
. **: p < .01, *: p < .05, ^: p < .1 from an independent samples t-test for continuous variables and a chi-squared test for dummy variables.
2
. Income category thresholds were selected from the U.S. 2020 poverty guideline for a four-person household ($25,701) for the “poverty” group and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s guideline of the low-income limits (80% of the area median family income) for the “low-income” group.