Predictors of community-based employment for young adults with intellectual disability and co-occurring mental health conditions.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To identify predictors of community-based employment and employment quality for young adults ages 23-30 with intellectual disability and co-occurring mental health conditions (YA-ID-MH).

Methods

We conducted secondary analysis of the 2017-2018 National Core Indicators^® (NCI^®) In-Person Survey. The NCI^® survey was conducted in 35 states and Washington DC. Participants: YA with ID, ages 23-30 who had complete data. We conducted multiple regression analyses to examine demographic and environmental predictors of community-based employment, in addition to employment quality indicators: hourly wages, hours worked, and job duration. We also descriptively examined job satisfaction.

Results

YA-ID-MH were somewhat less likely to be emplo

SUBMITTER: Schwartz AE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11632969 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature