The Dynamics of Disability and Social Inclusion

The NDA, along with the Equality Authority, funded this 2006 study conducted by the ESRI.

When the impact of other factors such as age, gender or education level were factored out, onset of a disability

• reduced the probability of being in work, by 20 percentage points
• increased the probability of being at risk of poverty by 7 percentage points
• reduced household income by 15%

The research was based on data for a group of 2,700 adults who participated in the Living in Ireland Survey in each year from 1995 to 2001.