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- Title
Revisiting Economic Hardship in a National Sample of Adolescents With and Without Disabilities: A Conceptual Replication.
- Authors
Lombardi, Allison R.; Wu, Rongxiu; Loken, Eric; Rifenbark, Graham G.; Challenger, Clewiston; Taconet, Ashley; Langdon, Shannon; Shogren, Karrie
- Abstract
The purpose of the current study was to conceptually replicate a multi-indicator construct of economic hardship in a national sample of adolescents with and without disabilities (N = 9,230). Using data from the National Longitudinal Transition Study 2012 (NLTS2012), the latent construct economic hardship was confirmed from six theoretically relevant indicators: household income, parent education level, parent employment status, one- or two-parent household, household internet access, and participation in government-assisted social programs (e.g., Supplemental Security Income benefits, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families). In addition, we examined group differences on the latent mean of economic hardship based on disability category, race and ethnicity, and school and family factors. Mean differences showed significantly lower economic hardship for youth on 504 plans, youth with autism, and for White non-Hispanic youth; whereas there was significantly greater hardship for youth with intellectual disability and youth with emotional disturbance and among youth of color. The implications of the replicated and expanded findings for adolescents with and without disabilities are discussed.
- Subjects
SUPPLEMENTAL Nutrition Assistance Program (U.S.); TEMPORARY Assistance for Needy Families (Program); WHITE youth; TEENAGERS; SOCIAL services; RACE; SOCIAL participation; CHILDREN with disabilities; PEOPLE with disabilities
- Publication
Exceptional Children, 2023, Vol 90, Issue 1, p11
- ISSN
0014-4029
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/00144029221141044