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Economic Well-being
One of the principle benefits of employment is getting paid. Because a majority of people with disabilities do not work, those without other resources must rely on government programs such as Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) to meet their basic needs. Cash payments provided by SSI, and most payments from SSDI, are not sufficient to lift a household out of poverty. This section looks at household income and poverty rate. We expect that as people with disabilities gain better access to employment household incomes will rise and poverty rates will fall.
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Median Household Income of Working-age Adults in Maine by Disability Status People with disabilities tend to live in households that have much less income than people without disabilities. In 2009, the median household income for a working-age person with a disability was $30,000. This number is less than half the household income of those without a disability. The median income gap between adults with and without a disability in Maine was $32,300. |
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Poverty Status of Working-age Adults in Maine In 2009, more than one quarter of all working-age adults with a disability were living below the Federal Poverty Level (FPL). More than half were poor or near-poor, which means they had income below 200 percent of the FPL. Adults with a disability in Maine are more than three times as likely to live in poverty relative to adults without a disability. Poverty rates for adults with disabilities in Maine did not change significantly between 2008 and 2009. |
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Education Status of Working-age Adults in Maine Adults with disabilities in Maine, as a group, have less education than their non-disabled counterparts. In 2009, only 10 percent of adults with disabilities had a four-year college degree or higher, versus 31 percent of adults with without disabilities. And almost one in five (18 percent) of adults with a disability had less than a high school degree or GED. |
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