Description/Abstract
“This analysis uses data from the Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP) to examine whether veteran and disability statuses are jointly associated with poverty and material hardship among households that include an older adult. Compared to households that do not include a person with a disability or veteran, disabled nonveteran households are more likely to be in poverty and to experience home hardship, medical hardship, and bill-paying hardship. Disabled veteran households are not significantly different in terms of poverty, but exhibit the highest odds of home hardship, medical hardship, bill-paying hardship, and food insufficiency. The implications for social work practice are discussed.”
Document Type
Research Brief
Disciplines
Social and Behavioral Sciences
Series
Research Briefs
Keywords
Disability, veteran status, poverty, material hardship
Date
11-30-2015
Language
English
Recommended Citation
Wilmoth, Janet M.; London, Andrew S.; and Heflin, Colleen M., "Economic Well-Being among Older-Adult Households: Variation by Veteran and Disability Status" (2015). Institute for Veterans and Military Families. 2.
https://surface.syr.edu/ivmf/2