title: Allegation of ethnic minorities from 1993-2008: an Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) study.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Approximately 25% of working-aged Americans with disabilities work full or part time, yet still face discrimination despite the passing of the American's with Disabilities Act (ADA) over 20 years ago.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To determine if the proportion of allegations of ADA Title I workplace discrimination with merit closed at any year between 1993 and 2008 differs among Whites, African Americans, Hispanics, and Asians; to determine if there was a change over time from 1993 to 2008 in merit closure rate within each race/ethnicity group; and to determine whether changes over time between 1993 and 2008 in the merit closure rate differ among the race/ethnicity groups.
  
  
  METHODS
  Logistic regression was used for this cross-sectional panel study to model the merit closure rate for each ethnic group from 1993 to 2008 using 318,587 charging parties from the EEOC database.
  
  
  RESULTS
  All ethnic groups exhibited significant changes over time in the merit closure rate. There were significant differences in the closure rates among the race/ethnicity groups specifically at closure years 1995-2000, 2002, 2003, and 2006. Finally, there was evidence that the trends in merit closure rates over time differed significantly among the race/ethnicity groups.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  There was significant evidence that the proportion of claims closed with merit was significantly different among the racial/ethnicity groups.
authors: IKERBASQUE, Basque Foundation for Science, University of Deusto, Bilbao, Spain.
authors: Juan Carlos
authors: JC
authors: Arango-Lasprilla
authors: Department of Biostatistics and Center for Rehabilitation Science and Engineering (CERSE), Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, USA.
authors: Jessica M
authors: JM
authors: Ketchum
authors: Department of Rehabilitation Counseling, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, USA.
authors: Jessica
authors: J
authors: Hurley
authors: Department of Rehabilitation Counseling, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, USA.
authors: Almaz M
authors: AM
authors: Getachew
authors: Department of Occupational Therapy, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, USA.
authors: Kelli Williams
authors: KW
authors: Gary
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D006233:Persons with Disabilities / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D004651:Employment / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005006:Ethnicity / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D005260:Female; D006077:Government Agencies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008913:Minority Groups / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D063505:Racism / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000639:trends; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014481:United States; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Disability; discrimination; employment; minorities