Perceived Need for Workplace Accommodation and Labor-Force Participation in Canadian Adults With Activity Limitations.

We examined how perceived need for workplace accommodation affects labor-force participation in people with disabilities. We analyzed a Canadian survey with structural equation modeling to test a model incorporating activity limitations and perceived need for workplace accommodations. The results suggested that the effect of upper- and lower-body activity limitation on labor-force participation was mediated by perceived need for workplace accommodations. Thus, the provision of adequate workplace accommodations could enhance labor-force participation in people with disabilities. (Am J Public Health. 2004;94:1515-1518). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]