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Research projects

The Deaf position in the labour market

About this project

Project information

Project status

Completed

Contact

External

Research subject

The study is analysing Deaf people's level of education, position in the labour market and sources of income, and how these factors are related. This is an analysis of a total population of Deaf persons born in the period of 1941-1980, making use of registry data from the Statistics Sweden LISA database. Deaf persons are being compared with a reference group of 100,000 randomly selected persons.

Research funding bodies

  • Swedish Council for Working Life and Social Research (FAS)

Collaborators

  • Emelie Rydberg