Competitive integrated employment for youth with disabilities: Aligning measurement with conceptualization using latent growth curve modeling.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Although existing research has generated a wealth of information related to employment for individuals with disabilities, a major limitation is that common measurements of employment do not fully capture the scope of the optimal outcome specified in public policies, namely, competitive integrated employment. Therefore, we aimed to describe the change and stability in multiple aspects of employment for youth with disabilities from high school age to mid-30s under the structural equation modeling framework.

Methods

We identified a sample of 1,921 youth with disabilities who were at least 18 years old in 2003 from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth- 1997. We estimated a series of latent growth curve models to assess trajectories of job quality, indicated by hourl

SUBMITTER: Mostafa S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10653497 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature