title: Factors associated with persons with disability employment in India: a cross-sectional study.
abstract: Over twenty million persons with disability in India are increasingly being offered poverty alleviation strategies, including employment programs. This study employs a spatial analytic approach to identify correlates of employment among persons with disability in India, considering sight, speech, hearing, movement, and mental disabilities.
  
  
  
  Based on 2001 Census data, this study utilizes linear regression and spatial autoregressive models to identify factors associated with the proportion employed among persons with disability at the district level. Models stratified by rural and urban areas were also considered.
  
  
  
  Spatial autoregressive models revealed that different factors contribute to employment of persons with disability in rural and urban areas. In rural areas, having mental disability decreased the likelihood of employment, while being female and having movement, or sight impairment (compared to other disabilities) increased the likelihood of employment. In urban areas, being female and illiterate decreased the likelihood of employment but having sight, mental and movement impairment (compared to other disabilities) increased the likelihood of employment.
  
  
  
  Poverty alleviation programs designed for persons with disability in India should account for differences in employment by disability types and should be spatially targeted. Since persons with disability in rural and urban areas have different factors contributing to their employment, it is vital that government and service-planning organizations account for these differences when creating programs aimed at livelihood development.
authors.affiliation: Department of Global Health and Population, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, 665 Huntington Avenue, Bldg I, Room 1113, Boston, MA, 02115, USA.
authors.forename: Ramya
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Naraharisetti
authors.affiliation: Department of Global Health and Population, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, 665 Huntington Avenue, Bldg I, Room 1113, Boston, MA, 02115, USA. mcastro@hsph.harvard.edu.
authors.forename: Marcia C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Castro
mesh_terms: D019352:Censuses; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D006233:Persons with Disabilities / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D004651:Employment / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005260:Female; D006311:Hearing Disorders / Q000191:economics; D006801:Humans; D007194:India / Q000453:epidemiology; D000067010:Literacy; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000191:economics; D009069:Movement Disorders / Q000191:economics; D011203:Poverty; D012424:Rural Population; D012737:Sex Factors; D013064:Speech Disorders / Q000191:economics; D014505:Urban Population; D014786:Vision Disorders / Q000191:economics
keywords: Disability; Employment; India; Persons with Disability