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KMID : 1001720210310020113
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Journal of Vocational Rehabilitation
2021 Volume.31 No. 2 p.113 ~ p.139
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A Study on the Job Retention for Women with Disabilities: Based on the Employment Panel Survey for the Disabled
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Kim Jeong-Im
Cho Sim-Beom
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Abstract
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The objective of this study is to find out the employment status of women with disabilities and the factors that affect the period of job retention for women with disabilities through the activities and factors for which women with disabilities find and retain employment, and it also presents the employment status of women with disabilities, policy proposal and direction for support to lower the entry barrier to the labor market.
To achieve this, the fourth(2016-2019) raw data of the second Panel Survey of Employment for the Disabled implemented in the Korea Employment Development Institute for the Disabled was utilized and analysis was carried out targeting 1,567 women with disabilities out of 4,577 applicable people with disabilities.
First, the results of the study showed that the employment rate of women with disabilities was lower than that of men with disabilities, and it showed a statistically significant difference, and that women with disabilities appeared to work in businesses whose size is smaller than those whose size where men with disabilities work. In addition, it was shown that women with disabilities have lower average wages compared to men with disabilities, and it turned out to have statistically significant differences.
Second, it is likely that women with disabilities often work as simple laborers, work for private (individual) companies rather than public institutions, and women with disabilities often find these types of employment because they have no ability or alternative. The paths of employment appeared to be acquaintances, self-searching, public employment agencies, occupational rehabilitation facilities, and so on in order. Women with disabilities maintain their jobs in poor conditions. Those who find employment through self-searching, recommendation from acquaintances appeared to be more likely to get a job entry than those receiving help from occupational rehabilitation facilities or public employment agencies.
Third, job retention factors that affect the period of job retention for women with disabilities are as following. Wages in wage factor, bonuses in welfare factor, assistance from others, convenience facilities and job improvement training in employee welfare factor, and medical cost in job retention cost were found to affect the job retention period.
Such results helped lower barriers for women with disabilities to enter the labor market.
The results presented support measures for job retention of women with disabilities for improve accessibility and effectiveness of public employment services and vocational rehabilitation services, and promote social integration and self-realization of women with disabilities.
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KEYWORD
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Women with Disabilities, Job Retention, Employment Status, Panel Survey of Employment for the Disabled
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