Persons with a disability are MOST LIKELY to experience what major factor that could lead to poverty?

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Disability and socioeconomic outcomes

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Key idea: Lower employment rates among people with disabilities are a primary driver of the link between disability and poverty.

How to reach the answer

1. The stem asks for the major factor most likely to lead to poverty.
2. Poverty is driven most directly by income, and income comes mainly from employment.
3. Global data consistently show substantially lower employment rates for people with disabilities.
4. The other options are secondary or indirect effects, and some rest on stereotypes.
5. Choose lower employment rates.

Each option

• AIncorrect. Disability does not mean fewer skills; this is a stereotype, and barriers to education and work are the real issue.
• BCorrect. Lower employment rates directly reduce income and are the most widely documented pathway from disability into poverty.
• CIncorrect. Marriage prospects are not a primary economic driver of poverty.
• DIncorrect. Reduced social participation is a real exclusion issue but does not directly cause poverty the way lack of income does.

Common trap: Fewer skills seems like a logical cause of unemployment, but it reflects a deficit-model assumption rather than the documented barrier.

In practice: Disability inclusion advocates cite employment gaps when justifying accessible hiring practices and workplace accommodations. These programs aim to break the cycle of disability and poverty.

Remember: Lower employment, not lack of ability, is the key link between disability and poverty.

Drafted with AI assistance and checked against the answer key.