Counting the disabled: Using survey self-reports to estimate medical eligibility for social security's disability programs

Journal of Economic and Social Measurement

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 109-142

  Dwyer, Debra ^a   Hu, Jianting ^b   Vaughan, Denton R ^c   Wixon, Bernard ^d  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FANNIE MAE   (United States)

^c U S CENSUS BUREAU   (United States)

^d SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISABILITY; MEASUREMENT METHOD; PLANNING METHOD; SOCIAL SECURITY; WELFARE PROVISION;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0242337701     PISSN: 07479662     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/jem-2003-0207     Document Type: Article

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