B

Baby boom generation, 2, 11, 43, 46, 51, 89, 141, 145, 307, 308

Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, 95, 100-101, 290, 295, 299-300

Bias, defined, 214

Black Lung Program, 35, 37

Boston College, 143

Bureau of Justice Statistics, 282, 298-299

Bureau of Labor Statistics, 133, 282, 299, 310, 314, 315, 316, 317, 324, 326

Bureau of the Census, 94, 297-298, 300

C

California Work and Health Survey, 324-326

Canadian Health and Activity Limitation Survey, 77, 207, 298

Cardiovascular disease, 46

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 192, 299-300

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Service, 143

Classification of disabilities.

See also International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health

by disabled persons, 218-219, 225-227

fuzzy logic in, 225

mental, 245-250, 253-254

SSA Listings of Impairments, 48, 55, 63, 124, 129-132, 203-204, 245-250

in work disability monitoring system, 6, 296, 298

Clinical Disability Severity Rating, 252

Cognitive considerations

interviewing, 224-225

in survey measurements of disability, 223-225, 236-237, 238, 298

Cognitive theory, 223-225

Composite International Diagnostic Interview, 267

Conceptual issues. See Definition of work disability

Consultative Examiner, 250

Content Reinterview Survey (CRS), 228-231, 234-235

Continuing disability reviews (CDRs), 39, 40

Continuous Work History Sample, 107

Cost containment, 34

Cost-of-living adjustments, 35

Court decisions and class action suits

and definitions of disability, 213

and growth of disability programs, 2, 10, 40, 45, 48, 90, 127

Coverage error, 75-78, 85, 95, 104, 171, 215, 220, 223, 227, 284, 285, 290, 292

Cross-sectional design

for monitoring work disability, 95, 96, 105-106, 291, 293-294

for survey measurement of disability, 96, 219, 291, 293-294

Current Population Survey, 51, 95, 100-101, 104, 106, 206, 234, 290, 295, 298, 299, 318, 324

D

Data collection modes

for monitoring work disability, 95, 97, 102, 106, 110, 291-292, 294, 295

for survey measurement of disability, 69, 70, 72, 74, 78-79, 82, 83-84, 86, 87, 95, 106, 212, 216, 218, 219-220, 223, 228-229, 284, 285, 291-292, 301

Decennial Census, 206, 228-229, 230, 234-235, 236-237, 298

Definition of work disability.

See also Disability decision process

activity limitation concept, 193, 196, 197, 201, 202, 204-205, 208, 261, 264, 286

biopsychosocial model, 260, 285-286

conceptual issues, 4, 53-56, 59, 184-195

cultural perspective, 54, 193

duration or chronicity considerations, 62-63, 202-203

dynamic nature of disability and, 4, 60, 62-63, 84, 198-200, 202-203, 213

enabling-disabling process, 7-8, 74, 190, 191, 213, 281

environmental factors, 4, 7, 54, 57-58, 59-60, 61, 62-64, 83-84, 185-186, 188-190, 191, 194, 196, 198, 204-205, 208, 211, 213, 261-262, 283, 285-286

functional limitation, 4, 30, 54, 58, 59, 186-187, 193, 196, 197, 202, 204, 208, 212, 283

Front Matter (R1-R20)

Summary (1-14)

1. Introduction (15-32)

2. Dynamics of SSA's Disability Programs (33-52)

3. Conceptual Issues in Defining Work Disability (53-64)

4. Survey Measurement of Disability (65-87)

5. A Work Disability Monitoring System (88-112)

6. Improving the Disability Decision Process (113-139)

7. Enhancing SSA's Research Capacity (140-147)

References (148-155)

Acronyms and Abbreviations (156-158)

Appendix A: Committee Meetings and Presenters of Testimony (159-160)

Appendix B: Workshop Agendas and Presenters (161-169)

Appendix C: Committee Recommendations (170-173)

Biographical Sketches of Committee Members (174-178)

Conceptual Issues in the Measurement of Work Disability (179-210)

Methodological Issues in the Measurement of Work Disability (211-240)

SSA's Disability Determination of Mental Impairments: A Review Toward an Agenda for Research (241-280)

Survey Design Options for the Measurement of Persons with Work Disabilities (281-302)

Persons with Disabilities and Demands of the Contemporary Labor Market (303-334)

Index (335-348)