Measuring Material Hardship among the US Population of Women with Disabilities Using Latent Class Analysis |
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Authors: | Roderick A Rose Susan L Parish Joan P Yoo |
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Institution: | (1) University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA; |
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Abstract: | We use data from the 2002 wave of the National Survey of America’s Families to develop and validate discrete measures of material
hardship that can be used to examine the difficulties that vulnerable populations such as people with disabilities have in
making ends meet. Using latent class analysis, we estimate two measurement models: multidimensional and omnibus. The multidimensional
model provides separate estimates for food, medical, and housing and utilities hardship. The omnibus model is a single model
of 11 hardship indicators. Results show three distinct classes of food hardship, three classes of medical hardship, and two
classes of housing/utilities hardship. The omnibus model reveals eight classes. Both the multidimensional and omnibus models
are largely invariant between women with disabilities and women without disabilities, indicating that valid comparisons can
be made between these populations using these classes of hardship. These classes can be utilized in further research on the
hardship of women with disabilities to inform the development of policies targeted to alleviate the specific forms of hardship
experienced by disabled women. |
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