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TABLE 8A - RELATIVE INCOME STATUS OF PERSONS 22 to 64 YEARS OLD: 1994-95 DATA FROM
THE SURVEY OF INCOME AND PROGRAM PARTICIPATION
| Percent with specified relative income level | |||
| Low | Middle | High | |
| Age 22 to 64 years | 16.7 | 63.7 | 19.6 |
| With no disability | 13.3 | 65.1 | 21.7 |
| With any disability | 30.4 | 58.4 | 11.2 |
| Severe | 42.2 | 51.4 | 6.3 |
| Not severe | 19.3 | 64.9 | 15.9 |
| With a mental disability | 40.8 | 50.5 | 8.7 |
| Uses a wheelchair | 34.0 | 57.3 | 8.7 |
| Does not use a wheelchair, has used a cane, crutches, or a walker for 6 months or more |
39.7 | 53.1 | 7.2 |
| Difficulty with one or more functional activities |
32.4 | 57.2 | 10.4 |
| Unable to perform one or more functional activities |
40.1 | 53.5 | 6.4 |
| Difficulty seeing words and letters | 37.9 | 54.8 | 7.3 |
| Unable | 48.1 | 45.5 | 6.3 |
| Difficulty hearing normal conversation | 24.7 | 61.3 | 14.0 |
| Unable | 21.4 | 60.0 | 18.6 |
| Difficulty having speech understood | 43.7 | 48.1 | 8.2 |
| Unable | (B) | (B) | (B) |
| Difficulty lifting/carrying 10 pounds | 38.0 | 54.2 | 7.8 |
| Unable | 41.1 | 52.4 | 6.5 |
| Difficulty climbing stairs without resting | 39.8 | 53.9 | 6.2 |
| Unable | 43.4 | 51.7 | 4.9 |
| Difficulty walking 3 city blocks | 39.8 | 53.5 | 6.7 |
| Unable | 44.5 | 50.8 | 4.7 |
| Difficulty with one or more ADL's | 41.0 | 52.6 | 6.5 |
| Needs personal assistance | 41.8 | 52.0 | 6.2 |
| Difficulty getting around inside the home | 44.3 | 48.3 | 7.4 |
| Needs personal assistance | 44.5 | 45.5 | 10.0 |
| Difficulty getting in and out of bed or chair | 42.6 | 51.3 | 6.1 |
| Needs personal assistance | 44.5 | 49.4 | 6.1 |
| Difficulty bathing | 43.5 | 50.9 | 5.6 |
| Needs personal assistance | 39.0 | 55.2 | 5.7 |
| Difficulty dressing | 42.4 | 50.9 | 6.7 |
| Needs personal assistance | 41.5 | 51.4 | 7.1 |
| Difficulty eating | 42.3 | 50.0 | 7.6 |
| Needs personal assistance | 38.5 | 49.5 | 12.0 |
| Difficulty using/getting to toilet | 44.1 | 48.4 | 7.6 |
| Needs personal assistance | 40.1 | 50.6 | 9.4 |
| Percent with specified relative income level | |||
| Low | Middle | High | |
| Difficulty with one or more IADL's | 42.7 | 51.4 | 6.0 |
| Needs personal assistance | 42.9 | 51.6 | 5.5 |
| Difficulty going outside alone | 44.3 | 50.9 | 4.8 |
| Needs personal assistance | 44.3 | 50.7 | 5.0 |
| Difficulty keeping track of money and bills | 46.9 | 48.5 | 4.7 |
| Needs personal assistance | 46.6 | 48.6 | 4.8 |
| Difficulty preparing meals | 41.9 | 52.3 | 5.9 |
| Needs personal assistance | 42.6 | 51.9 | 5.5 |
| Difficulty doing light housework | 43.1 | 51.1 | 5.8 |
| Needs personal assistance | 44.1 | 50.4 | 5.5 |
| Difficulty taking prescribed medicines | 46.0 | 48.8 | 5.2 |
| Needs personal assistance | 46.6 | 48.9 | 4.5 |
| Difficulty using the telephone | 43.2 | 50.5 | 6.4 |
| Unable | 49.0 | 46.6 | 4.5 |
| Needs personal assistance with an ADL or an IADL |
42.3 | 51.8 | 6.0 |
| No work disability | 14.0 | 64.8 | 21.3 |
| With a work disability | 33.7 | 57.2 | 9.1 |
| Prevented from working | 49.3 | 47.0 | 3.7 |
| No housework disability | 15.2 | 64.4 | 20.4 |
| With a housework disability | 36.1 | 54.9 | 9.1 |
| Unable to do housework | 42.5 | 51.4 | 6.1 |
