Social Security Disability Insurance: Multiple Factors Affect Beneficiaries'Ability to Return to Work

摘要

To provide more information about the experiences of working beneficiaries, weagreed to: identify the self-reported health and functional status of disability insurance (DI) beneficiaries who work while still on the rolls; identify the occupations, earnings, and benefits of working beneficiaries; report factors that working beneficiaries believe were helpful in becoming employed; and explore working beneficiaries' longer-term employment plans, including factors perceived as postively and negatively affecting work plans. To accomplish these objectives, we developed a structured interview guide on the basis of a literature review and discussions with experts and advocates. We conducted survey interviews with 69 people who were receiving DI benefits and working in the Washington, D.C.; Atlanta; or San Francisco metropolitan areas.