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Financial Literacy and Wealth Building
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Did you know…?
- People with disabilities are 2.25 times as likely to be unemployed as their
non-disabled counterparts. (US DOL 2001) - Employees with disabilities have a job retention rate of 93.6%. (US DOL 2001)
- The aggregate income of people with disabilities tops 1 trillion dollars,
This includes $220 million in discretionary income. (US DOL 2001)
- 19% of the U.S. population ages 5 and older are people with
disabilities. (U.S. Census Bureau, 2000)
- 934,000 Washington State residents 5 years of age and older
(14.3% of the population) have disabilities. (U.S. Census Bureau, 2000)
- 81% of the U.S. population ages 18 to 64 are successfully employed
in part- or full-time jobs. (N.O.D. /Harris)
- 32% of the U.S. population with disabilities ages 18 to 64 are successfully
employed in part- and full-time jobs. (N.O.D. /Harris)
- People with slight disabilities are 8 times more likely to be employed
than people
with more significant disabilities, 64% to 8% respectively. (N.O.D. /Harris)
- The number of people with disabilities between 16 and 64 years old who were
not working but wanted to work increased from 66% to 79% between 1986 and 1994.
In the age group between 16 and 44 years, 84% of those not working said they
wanted to work. (N.O.D. /Harris)
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