The authors examine the interrelationships between work-related disability, veteran, and poverty statuses using data from the 1992–2004 panels of the Survey of Income and Program Participation. They find that households with nondisabled veterans present have a lower likelihood of poverty, but that advantage is severely eroded when the veteran or another family member has a work-limiting disability. Nevertheless, all veteran households have substantially lower odds of poverty than disabled nonveteran households, which have the highest poverty rate (32.53%). Veteran and disability statuses interact at the household level in ways that contribute to substantial variability in household-level poverty, which has implications for all household members.
Work-Related Disability, Veteran Status, and Poverty: Implications for Family Well-Being
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London, A., Heflin, C., Wilmoth, J. (2011). Work-Related Disability, Veteran Status, and Poverty: Implications for Family Well-Being. Journal of Poverty, 15, 330-349. doi:10.1080/10875549.2011.589259