People with Disabilities: A Texas Profile
People with Disabilities: A Texas Profile
People with Disabilities: A Texas Profile
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Data Center (2013) were used to align the respondents in the ACS geographic segments (called public<br />
use microdata areas) <strong>with</strong> <strong>Texas</strong> counties.<br />
Data Issues and Limitations<br />
The specific analyses that can be conducted are limited to the variables that are included in the<br />
datasets. Analyses are also limited because data are not always available for certain geographical<br />
boundaries. For example, even though the ACS microdata provide rich demographic data <strong>with</strong> variables<br />
assessing various individual characteristics, data are not available at the county level. Therefore,<br />
analyses cannot be conducted for counties using only the ACS microdata.<br />
Unlike the decennial census, administered to the total population in order to determine accurate<br />
counts, the ACS and CPS are based on samples and produce data that approximate the size of the<br />
population. Since the surveys use different samples and methodologies, the data from each source is<br />
similar but does not exactly match. When possible, ACS data are referenced since a majority of the<br />
analyses in this report are based on that dataset.<br />
The analyses presented in this paper are based on dissimilar populations. The section discussing<br />
disabilities in the U.S. uses ACS summary tables based on the civilian noninstitutionalized population.<br />
The subsection focusing on the total population of individuals <strong>with</strong> disabilities in <strong>Texas</strong> uses ACS<br />
microdata based on the noninstitutional population in order to be comparable to the 2011 <strong>Texas</strong><br />
disability status report published by Cornell University (Erickson, Lee, & Von Schrader, 2012). Of note,<br />
data presented in this report do not exactly match the numbers in the Cornell disability status report<br />
because the authors of that report rounded estimates to the nearest hundred. Finally, the subsection<br />
focusing on the labor force participants in <strong>Texas</strong> <strong>with</strong> disabilities uses ACS microdata based on the<br />
noninstitutional civilian population. Any age differences in the groups used for each analysis are noted<br />
where applicable.<br />
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