I came across the startling figure of 24% of adults in my home county describe themselves as 'disabled'. That is they are unable to work and draw a gov't subsistance check. The population here is almost 100% native. That is no recent immigrants. I always remember this stat when I hear these same people complain about the immigrant Mexicans, other Latinos, Asians, I see scraping out a living doing real work.
2006-06-29 07:39:08 · 2 answers · asked by ahuhyeah 2 in Business & Finance ➔ Careers & Employment
Another way to put this question is: If a 100 Americans were called and asked "Do you consider yourself disabled" how many would say 'yes'.
2006-06-29 07:57:06 · update #1
When we lived in a town in West Virginia for a while, statistics showed that 60% of them were on disability. Yet you would see them at the creeks fishing, or in the woods hunting, or at the bowling alley bowling! So sad!
2006-06-29 07:53:37 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
What is your source of information? What is the definition of disabled that people used to classify themselves. How long are these people on average on disability?
"More than three-quarters (77.4%) of Americans age
22 to 64 with disabilities do not receive public assistance"
-- from a google search on the internet
2006-06-29 14:46:10 · answer #2 · answered by msbluebells 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋