Urban youth with disabilities: factors affecting transition employment.
Although postsecondary employment outcomes for transition-age youth with disabilities have improved over the past decade, minority youth with disabilities continue to lag behind their peers in achieving a job. This study of predominantly minority youth participating in the Marriott Foundation's Brid...
| Publicado en: | Rehabilitation Counseling Bulletin Vol. 50; no. 3; pp. 130 - 139 |
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| Formato: | CEU exam questions research tables/charts Journal Article |
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Sage Publications Inc.
Apr2007
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=106121027&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ccm uiTerm: 106121027 longDbName: CINAHL Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: dissinfo: jinfo: jid: 00343552 RCB jtl: Rehabilitation Counseling Bulletin issn: 00343552 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Apr2007 vid: 50 iid: 3 pid: 344 pub: Sage Publications Inc. place: Thousand Oaks, California artinfo: ui: 106121027 2009558565 10.1177/00343552070500030101 106121027 ppf: 130 ppct: 9 formats: fmt: @attributes: type: P tig: atl: Urban youth with disabilities: factors affecting transition employment. aug: au: Fabian ES affil: University of Maryland sug: subj: Employment of Persons with Disabilities United States Minority Groups United States Adolescence Adult Correlational Studies Persons with Disabilities Education, Continuing (Credit) Female Male Multivariate Analysis Occupations and Professions United States Urban Areas Human Adolescent: 13-18 years Adult: 19-44 years Female Male ab: Although postsecondary employment outcomes for transition-age youth with disabilities have improved over the past decade, minority youth with disabilities continue to lag behind their peers in achieving a job. This study of predominantly minority youth participating in the Marriott Foundation's Bridges From School to Work Program from 2000 to 2005 analyzed data for 4,571 urban youth to determine what factors are associated with securing employment, and the nature of the jobs that are secured. Findings indicated that 68% of the youth in the program secured a job, a rate considerably higher than the national average. Results of the study also indicate that gender, previous vocational experience, and receipt of Social Security benefits were among the significant factors predicting employment. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: CEU exam questions research tables/charts Journal Article ougenre: Article language: English refInfo: holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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