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Disability costs and equivalence scales in the older population |
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Colchester: Institute for Social and Economic Research, 2012. 32p. |
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Disabled people face higher costs of living than do non-disabled people. These additional costs include the cost of adapting the home, overcoming the difficulties of getting about, and acquiring assistance with everyday tasks that non-disabled people can do unaided. This study estimated the implicit disability costs faced by older people, using data on over 8,000 individuals from the UK Family Resources Survey. It extended previous research by using a more flexible statistical modelling approach and by allowing for measurement error in observed disability and standard of living indicators. The study found that disability costs were strongly related to the severity of disability and to income, and at an average level of almost £100 per week among over-65s with significant disability they typically far exceed the value of any state disability benefits received. |
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disability living allowance; disabled people; older people; poverty; standard of living; |
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www.scie-socialcareonline.org.uk/profile.asp?guid=5abbebda-8403-4607-824d-2b54df8202f9 |
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