Revisiting Economic Hardship in a National Sample of Adolescents With and Without Disabilities: A Conceptual Replication

Abstract

The purpose of the current study was to conceptually replicate a multi-indicator construct of economic hardship in a national sample of adolescents with and without disabilities ( N = 9,230). Using data from the National Longitudinal Transition Study 2012 (NLTS2012), the latent construct economic hardship was confirmed from six theoretically relevant indicators: household income, parent education level, parent employment status, one- or two-parent household, household internet access, and participation in government-assisted social programs (e.g., Supplemental Security Income benefits, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families). In addition, we examined group differences on the latent mean of economic hardship based on disability category, race and ethnicity, and school and family factors. Mean differences showed significantly lower economic hardship for youth on 504 plans, youth with autism, and for White non-Hispanic youth; whereas there was significantly greater hardship for youth with intellectual disability and youth with emotional disturbance and among youth of color. The implications of the replicated and expanded findings for adolescents with and without disabilities are discussed.

Perception of parental support in the career development of students with intellectual disabilities

“…Primećeno je da roditeljska participacija i saradnja sa školom jenjavaju sa starošću učenika (Hirano & Rowe, 2016), što roditelji objašnjavaju nagomilanim stresom, ograničenim sredstvima, nedostatkom kulturnog kapitala, niskom samoefikasnošću i slično, što ih donekle sprečava da budu angažovani i više uključeni (Hirano et al, 2018). U literaturi o sekundarnom tranzicionom planiranju navodi se povoljan socioekonomski status kao jedan od prediktora uspeha nakon završetka obrazovanja (Mazzotti et al, 2021), ali se, za razliku od ostalih tipova ometenosti, mladi sa IO suočavaju sa najviše ekonomskih teškoća a, nažalost, malo je poznata uloga siromaštva i ekonomskih teškoća u odlukama koje porodice dece sa IO donose, kao i u podršci koja im je potrebna nakon izlaska deteta iz škole (Lombardi et al, 2022). Polazeći od toga da su ovo podaci iz ekonomski jakih i stabilnih država, zbog osetljivosti pitanja u ovom radu nismo se detaljnije bavili socioekonomskim statusom porodice, odnosno porodičnim prihodima.…”

An Intersectional Examination of Economic Hardship and Individualized Education Program Meeting Participation

“…Additionally, we examined measurement invariance based on disability, race and ethnicity, and the intersection of these student characteristics. Last, we determined the relationship between transition planning and economic hardship (Lombardi, Wu, et al, 2022;Murray et al, 2015) and whether the relationship differs by the same set of student characteristics. Throughout, we closely followed quality indicators of preregistered secondary data analyses studies (Lombardi et al, 2023) in order to illustrate the practical application of this approach and promote openness and transparency (Nosek et al, 2018).…”

“…Informed by a recent study using NLTS2012 data (Lombardi, Wu, et al, 2022), economic hardship is a unidimensional one-factor construct consisting of six theoretically relevant indicators: household income, parent education level, parent employment status, one-or two-parent household, household internet access, and participation in government-assisted social programs (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program [SNAP], Temporary Assistance for Needy Families [TANF], Supplemental Security Income [SSI]). In the current study, we correlated this factor with the newly created transition-planning construct to confirm the relationship.…”

Introduction to the New Editors of Exceptional Children: The Editorial Vision of the New Team

“…First, Lombardi and colleagues (2022) conceptually replicate a multi-indicator construct of economic hardship in a national sample of 9,230 adolescents with and without disabilities. They use the National Longitudinal Transition Study 2012 (NLTS2012) to confirm the latent construct—economic hardship—from six indicators, including household income and participation in government-assisted social programs.…”