RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Making Sense of Health-Related Labor-Market Exits and Disability: Evidence from the American Voices Project
JF RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences
FD Russell Sage Foundation
SP 66
OP 83
DO 10.7758/RSF.2024.10.5.03
VO 10
IS 5
A1 Hiebert, James
A1 Kahris, Lillian
A1 Seefeldt, Kristin
YR 2024
UL http://www.rsfjournal.org/content/10/5/66.abstract
AB Issues around stigma and deservingness may be particularly salient for people who stop working due to health-related reasons. Although historically those experiencing disability have been viewed as “deserving” of assistance, disability has also been stigmatized. Using the American Voices Project data and narrative and discourse analysis methods, we ask how those with a health-related labor-market exit make sense of their exit. We find that respondents use various words to describe themselves with respect to their exit and that they use legitimization strategies when discussing why they do not work.