EMBARGOED UNTIL: 10 A.M. EST, DECEMBER 5, 1996 (THURSDAY) Public Information Office CB96-196 301-457-3030/301-457-3670 (fax) 301-457-4067 (TDD) e-mail: pio@census.gov Jack McNeil U.S. Census Bureau 301-763-8300 Michele Adler Department of Health and Human Services 202-690-6172 CENSUS BUREAU RELEASES NEW DATA ON PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES New tabulations of data about people with disabilities from the March 1996 Current Population Survey and the 1990 census were released today on the Internet home page of the Commerce Department's Census Bureau. The tabulations from the 1990 census were produced as the result of a joint effort by the Census Bureau and the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation in the Department of Health and Human Services. Tabulations from the 1990 census show figures for the United States, states, counties, and metropolitan areas. Tabulations from the Current Population Survey show 1996 data at the national level only. The tables show the relationship between disability status and a number of other characteristics including education, age, labor force status, income, marital status, race, and ethnicity. Disability data from the Current Population Survey are restricted to a measure of work disability; the 1990 census collected information about several aspects of the disability status of adults including work disability, mobility limitations, and self-care limitations. The tabulations include: Four tables from the March 1996 Current Population Survey (CPS) -- - Table 1. Selected Characteristics of Civilians 16 to 64 Years Old With a Work Disability, by Sex: 1996. - Table 2. Labor Force Status--Work Disability Status of Civilians 16 to 64 Years Old, by Sex: 1996. - Table 3. Work Experience and Mean Earnings in 1995--Work Disability Status of Civilians 16 to 64 Years Old, by Sex: 1996. - Table 4. Persons 65 to 74 Years Old--Work Disability Status, by Employment, Age, and Sex: 1996. Three tables from the 1990 Census of Population and Housing-- - Table 1. Selected Characteristics of Civilian Noninstitutional Persons 16 to 64, by Disability Status for States, Counties, and Metropolitan Areas: 1990. - Table 2. Selected Characteristics of Civilian Noninstitutional Persons 65 Years Old and Over, by Disability Status for States, Counties, and Metropolitan Areas: 1990. - Table 3. Selected Population Characteristics for States and Counties Including Model-Based Estimates of the Prevalence of Specific Disabilities Among Persons 16 and Over: 1990. In addition to the new tables cited above, a previously released table for 1991-1992 from the Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP) is also available on the Internet site. The SIPP provides data on the widest range of disabilities including functional limitations, limitations in activities of daily living, conditions causing limitations, use of special aids to get around, and other dimensions of disability. The Internet address for these data is http://www.census.gov/hhes/www/disability.html-X-The Census Bureau--preeminent collector and provider of timely, relevant, and quality data about the people and economy for the United States. In over 100 surveys annually and 20 censuses a decade, evolving from the first census in 1790, the Census Bureau provides official information about America's people, businesses, industries, and institutions.
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