Estimating Relationship Between Type of Disability and Labor Force Participation: A Community Based Study in Iran

Abstract

ÖZETBu çalışmada, engelliliğin hangi tipinin işgücüne katılım üzerinde daha fazla etkili olduğunu bulmaya çalıştık. Bu çalışmada İran'ın on ilindeki özürlü bireylerden oluşan 1500 kişilik bir toplum verisi kullanılmıştır. Engellilik türünün işgücüne katılım üzerindeki etkilerini göstermek için lojistik model kullanılmıştır. Modelde cinsiyet, yaş, evlilik durumu, eğitim, normal yaşama gücü ve iletişim yeteneği ayarlandı. Bu çalışmanın sonuçları zihinsel engelli ve kalıtıma bağlı olarak engelli olan kişilerin diğerlerine kıyasla daha az çalıştıklarını ortaya koydu. Özürlülerin maddi kaygıları nedeniyle, politikacılar özürlülere yardım etmek için çözümler bulmalıdır. ABSTRACTIn this study we tried to find what type of disability has more effect on labor force participation. A 1500 community based data of disabled people in ten provinces of Iran was used in this study. Logistic model was used to show the effects of disability type on labor force participation. Sex, age, marriage status, education, usual living ability and communication ability were adjusted in the model. The results of this study showed that people with mental disability and hereditary disability went less to work in comparison with others. Because of the financial concerns of disabled people, policy makers must find solutions to help disabled people to go more to work. MATERIALS and METHODS DataIn this cross sectional study, data of community rehabilitation records of tenIran provinces (Zanjan, Khorasane-Shomali, Guilan, Fars, Markazi, Chaharmahalvabakhtiari, Kahkiloyevaboirahmad, Ghazvin, Esfahan and Khorasanejonubi) were used. Because of using previously used data, no sample size selection was conducted in this study. In this study, disability categorized to 8 types: genetic diseases, hereditary diseases, congenital diseases, noncommunicable and communicable diseases, disasters, mental illness and other diseases. In addition, amount of usual living ability and communication ability was calculated in this study. These two variables were calculated using TizunZhao questionnaire and principal component analysis (PCA) method was used for calculating scores of them. This questionnaire contained nine scales contain daily living abilities, social communication, working abilities, quality of life, source of income, employment status, participation in social livings and education status(10). Higher scores meant that each disabled person has less difficulty in his/her usual living and communication ability. We used these two variables as adjusted ones to show that what type of disability with similar usual and communicational ability has more effect on labor force participation. Model and analysisAn econometrics model was used for estimation the effects of disability dimensions on labor force participation. In this study, participation of people contains both working in paid, unpaid and family works. Logit estimator was used for estimating the model. Dependent variable of this model was individual level of labor force participation (0= not working, 1= wo...

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“…The positive Cramér coefficient on education indicates that the higher the education, the higher the employment opportunities. Similarly, a previous study in Iran showed that education level has a positive effect on labour participation for people with disabilities, with greater opportunities for university graduates (Rad et al, 2017). Meanwhile, in the non-disabled group, weak (Thomas, 2022).…”