Open AccessPerceived Need for Workplace Accommodation and Labor-Force Participation in Canadian Adults With Activity Limitations
Author(s) -
Peter Wang,
Elizabeth M. Badley,
Monique A. M. Gignac
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.94.9.1515
Subject(s) - accommodation , structural equation modeling , psychology , demographic economics , social psychology , environmental health , medicine , economics , computer science , machine learning , neuroscience
We examined how perceived need for workplace accommodation affects labor-force participation in people with disabilities. We analyzed a Canadian survey with structural equation modeling to test a model incorporating activity limitations and perceived need for workplace accommodations. The results suggested that the effect of upper- and lower-body activity limitation on labor-force participation was mediated by perceived need for workplace accommodations. Thus, the provision of adequate workplace accommodations could enhance labor-force participation in people with disabilities.