“In contrast to January, we saw a slight improvement in the employment-to-population ratio,” said John O’Neill, PhD, director of the Center for Employment and Disability Research at Kessler Foundation.

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National Trends in Disability Employment (nTIDE) - publicado semestralmente pela Kessler Foundation e pela University of New Hampshire

The job numbers increased slightly as the economy strived to recover from the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to today’s National Trends in Disability Employment – Monthly Update (nTIDE), issued by Kessler Foundation and the University of New Hampshire’s Institute on Disability (UNH-IOD). With the ongoing decline in COVID-19 cases and the increasing success of the vaccine rollout, the outlook is positive for continued improvement. The prospects for additional federal aid are another factor that may affect the indicators in the coming months.

Atualização do NTIDE COVID (comparação mês a mês)

In the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) Jobs Report released Friday, the employment-to-population ratio for working-age people with disabilities increased from 28.7 percent in January to 28.8 percent in February 2021 (up 0.3 percent or 0.1 percentage points). For working-age people without disabilities, the employment-to-population ratio also increased from 70.5 percent in January to 71.1 percent in February 2021 (up 0.9 percent or 0.6 percentage points). The employment-to-population ratio, a key indicator, reflects the percentage of people who are working relative to the total population (the number of people working divided by the number of people in the total population multiplied by 100).

“In contrast to January, we saw a slight improvement in the employment-to-population ratio,” said John O’Neill, PhD, director of the Center for Employment and Disability Research at Kessler Foundation. “We may continue to see improvement in the employment-to-population ratio in coming months,” he said, “as we gain control over COVID-19 outbreaks, and hospitalizations and mortality continues to decline.”

The labor force participation rate for working-age people with disabilities increased from 32.8 percent in January to 33.4 percent in February 2021 (up 1.8 percent or 0.6 percentage points). For working-age people without disabilities, the labor force participation rate also increased from 75.5 percent in January to 76.0 percent in February 2021 (up 0.7 percent or 0.5 percentage points). The labor force participation rate is the percentage of the population that is working, not working and on temporary layoff, or not working and actively looking for work.

“The labor force participation rate for people with disabilities increased in February, with many people with disabilities looking for work” noted economist Andrew Houtenville, PhD, research director of the University of New Hampshire’s Institute on Disability. “Over the course of the pandemic, we have seen people with disabilities staying engaged in the workforce—being on furlough or actively looking for work. We are hopeful that the modest improvements in February will continue as more and more individuals are vaccinated.”

Números nTIDE tradicionais (comparação com o mesmo período do ano passado)

The employment-to-population ratio for working-age people with disabilities decreased from 30.9 percent in February 2020 to 28.8 percent in February 2021 (down 6.8 percent or 2.1 percentage points). For working-age people without disabilities, the employment-to-population ratio also decreased from 74.8 percent in February 2020 to 71.1 percent in February 2021 (down 4.9 percent or 3.7 percentage points).

The labor force participation rate for working-age people with disabilities decreased from 33.8 percent in February 2020 to 33.4 percent in February 2021 (down 1.2 percent or 0.4 percentage points). For working-age people without disabilities, the labor force participation rate also decreased from 77.7 percent in February 2020 to 76 percent in February 2021 (down 2.2 percent or 1.7 percentage points).

In February 2021, among workers ages 16-64, the 4,285,000 workers with disabilities represented 3.1 percent of the total 139,785,000 workers in the U.S.

nTIDE COVID Update – Friday, March 19 at 12:00 pm Eastern

Stay tuned for our mid-month update about the employment of people with disabilities as we follow the impact of COVID-19 and look at the numbers in more detail.

Faça perguntas sobre deficiência e emprego

Join our nTIDE Lunch & Learn series today, March 5, at 12:00 pm Eastern. This live broadcast, hosted via Zoom Webinar, offers attendees Q&A on the latest nTIDE findings, provides news and updates from the field, as well as invited panelists to discuss current disability-related findings and events. Today, Betty Siegel, director of VSA and Accessibility at The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, joins Dr. Houtenville, Dr. O’Neill from Kessler Foundation, and Denise Rozell, Policy Strategist at AUCD. Join live or watch the recordings at: ResearchonDisability.org/nTIDE.

NOTA: As estatísticas no nTIDE são baseadas nos números do Bureau of Labor Statistics, mas não são idênticas. Eles são personalizados pela UNH para combinar as estatísticas de homens e mulheres em idade produtiva (16 a 64). O nTIDE é financiado, em parte, por doações do Instituto Nacional sobre Deficiência, Vida Independente e Pesquisa em Reabilitação (NIDILRR) (90RT5037) e a Fundação Kessler.

Sobre a Fundação Kessler

A Fundação Kessler, uma importante organização sem fins lucrativos no campo da deficiência, é líder global em pesquisa de reabilitação que busca melhorar a cognição, a mobilidade e os resultados de longo prazo - incluindo emprego - para pessoas com deficiências neurológicas causadas por doenças e lesões cerebrais e medula espinhal. A Fundação Kessler lidera o país no financiamento de programas inovadores que expandem as oportunidades de emprego para pessoas com deficiência. Para obter mais informações, visite KesslerFoundation.org.

Sobre o Instituto de Deficiências da Universidade de New Hampshire

O Institute on Disability (IOD) da University of New Hampshire (UNH) foi estabelecido em 1987 para fornecer um enfoque universitário coerente para a melhoria do conhecimento, políticas e práticas relacionadas às vidas das pessoas com deficiência e suas famílias. Para obter informações sobre a Política de Emprego e Centro de Pesquisa e Treinamento de Reabilitação de Medidas, financiados pelo NIDILRR, visite ResearchonDisability.org.

Para mais informações ou para entrevistar um especialista, entre em contato com:

Carolann Murphy, 973.324.8382, CMurphy@KesslerFoundation.org.

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