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- Title
Differential Impacts of Anticipated Success on Employment Outcomes Among Adults Who Stutter.
- Authors
Jacobs, Molly; Gerlach-Houck, Hope; Briley, Patrick
- Abstract
Purpose: Stuttering is associated with disparities in labor market outcomes among young adults, but little is known about how labor market outcomes associated with stuttering change over time. Therefore, this study characterized longitudinal associations between stuttering and early life expectations, job satisfaction, receipt of employer-provided insurance benefits, and income. Method: The analysis used data from three waves of the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health, which contained 16,653 individuals aged 18-43 years interviewed over 18 years. First, regression models evaluated the likelihood of employment between people who stutter (PWS) and people who do not stutter (PWNS). Second, conditional on employment, two-stage likelihood models quantified differences in their job satisfaction, receipt of employer-provided insurance benefits, and earned income, controlling for age, sex, race, and household characteristics. Finally, the relationship between their reported education and income expectations and these employment outcomes was evaluated. Results: Although stuttering was not related to the likelihood of working or receiving employer-provided benefits, PWS were 20%-22% (SE = 0.06-0.07) less likely to be satisfied with their jobs than PWNS, and dissatisfaction increased with age. Additionally, the odds of earning a higher income were significantly lower for PWS than for PWNS. PWS who anticipated attending college and earning a middle-class income were more likely to be satisfied with their jobs and earn a higher income. However, PWS were less likely to expect that they would earn a middle-class income (PWNS: 46.4%, PWS: 36.3%) or graduate from college (PWNS: 70.9%, PWS: 58.4%) compared to PWNS. Conclusions: Labor market inequities associated with stuttering persist and increase with age. PWS have significantly lower expectations for their likelihood of future success, and these expectations predict their future occupational outcomes.
- Subjects
SUCCESS; INSURANCE; INCOME; T-test (Statistics); LOGISTIC regression analysis; STUTTERING; AGE distribution; CHI-squared test; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; JOB satisfaction; LABOR market; LONGITUDINAL method; ODDS ratio; ECONOMIC impact; CONFIDENCE intervals; EMPLOYMENT; PEOPLE with disabilities; EDUCATIONAL attainment
- Publication
American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 2025, Vol 34, Issue 1, p246
- ISSN
1058-0360
- Publication type
Academic Journal
- DOI
10.1044/2024_AJSLP-24-00202