Overview
Elisa Walker was a researcher at SSA's Office of Research, Demonstration, and Employment Support (ORDES), Office of Retirement and Disability Policy (ORDP) when this article was written. Lead author of Walker and Roessel (2019), examining the prevalence and characteristics of DI and SSI beneficiaries with multiple impairments using 2015 NBS data matched to SSA administrative records.
Key Contributions / Features
- Multiple impairments in DI/SSI (Walker and Roessel 2019): Documented that 67% of beneficiaries report 2+ impairment categories in survey vs. ~49% in admin data; quantified the concurrence and systematic divergence between admin and self-report data; showed physical conditions underrepresented in admin and mental/intellectual overrepresented relative to survey
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