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Relationship of Perceived Barriers to Employment and Return to Work Five Years Later

A Pilot Study Among 343 Participants With Spinal Cord Injury

Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, Krause{at}musc.edu

Elizabeth Pickelsimer

Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston

The authors identified perceived barriers to employment in 1998 among 343 unemployed participants with spinal cord injury and correlated these data with employment status 5 years later. Actively looking for work was associated with the greatest likelihood of employment. Health factors, not disincentives or resources, were the primary barriers to employment at follow-up.

Key Words: spinal cord injury • employment

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Rehabilitation Counseling Bulletin, Vol. 51, No. 2, 118-121 (2008)
DOI: 10.1177/0034355207311349


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