WORK ACCOMMODATIONS FOR OLDER WORKERS WITH DISABILITIES

该项目的目标是确定老年残疾工人工作场所住宿的普及率，并评估这些住宿对退休和职业伤害风险的影响。这些分析将主要在健康和退休研究(HRS)的丰富数据库中进行，HRS是一项针对美国老年人的纵向、具有全国代表性的调查。本项目的具体目标是：1.利用HRS的前三波(1992-1996年)，描述工作场所住宿的普遍性以及影响老年工人住宿可能性的因素。2.利用《国家健康访谈调查(NHIS)》(1994-1995年残疾补充资料)，比较工作场所住宿的普遍情况以及影响老年工人和年轻工人之间住宿可能性的因素。3.利用《美国残疾人法》(HRS)的前五波(1992-2000年)，评估《美国残疾人法》(ADA)实施的第一个十年期间工作场所住宿的比率和性质的变化。4.利用人力资源评估(1992-2000年)的前五次浪潮，确定工作场所的住宿是否延长了老年残疾工人的工作寿命。5.利用《人力资源评估》(1992-2000年)的前五次浪潮，确定工作场所的便利设施是否能防止老年残疾工人受到职业伤害。

This project's goal is to determine the prevalence of workplace accommodations for older workers with disabilities and to evaluate the impact of these accommodations on retirement and on the risk of occupational injury. These analyses will be carried out primarily in the rich database of the Health and Retirement Study (HRS)- a longitudinal, nationally representative survey of older Americans. The specific aims of this project are: 1. To describe the prevalence of workplace accommodations and the factors that influence the likelihood of accommodation among older workers, using the first three waves of the HRS (1992-1996). 2. To compare the prevalence of workplace accommodations and the factors that influence the likelihood of accommodation among older workers with those among younger workers, using the National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) (1994-1995 Disability Supplement). 3. To assess changes in the rate and nature of workplace accommodations over the first decade of implementation of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), using the first five waves of the HRS (1992-2000). 4. To determine whether workplace accommodations prolong the worklife of older workers with disabilities, using the first five waves of the HRS (1992-2000). 5. To determine whether workplace accommodations prevent occupational injuries among older workers with disabilities, using the first five waves of the HRS (1992-2000).