Summary information

Study title

Employment Opportunities for Physically Disabled People in Computing, 1980-1981

Creator

Stevenson, M. J., University of Manchester, Department of Social Administration

Sutton, D. C., University of Manchester, Department of Social Administration

Study number / PID

2198 (UKDA)

10.5255/UKDA-SN-2198-1 (DOI)

Data access

Restricted

Series

Not available

Abstract

Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.

The main questions adressed are: is computing an occupation which offers opportunities for the employment of persons handicapped by physical disability?; can specific opportunities or obstacles be identified and what strategies should be adapted to maximise the employment opportunities for disabled people?
Main Topics:

Variables
Problems encountered by disabled people currently working in computing, their educational and disability details and types of computing occupation
Details of employers of computing personnel in general, the posts which disabled people held in computing, employers' views of trends for job requirements and their bias for/against disabled people.
(The National Computer Council also carried out in depth case studies of a small number of disabled computer professionals. These surveys have not yet been published)

Specific social services: use and availabilityLabour and employment

AIDS FOR THE DISABLEDATTITUDESBUSINESSESCOMMUTINGCOMPUTERSDISABLED PERSONSDISTANCE MEASUREMENTEDUCATIONAL BACKGROUNDEMPLOYEESEMPLOYERSEMPLOYMENTEMPLOYMENT HISTORY

Data collection period

01/09/1980 - 01/09/1981

Country

Great Britain

Time dimension

Cross-sectional (one-time) study

Analysis unit

Groups

National

Employers

Employees

Disabled people

Universe

Disabled people employed in computing and employers of computing staff in general in Great Britain

Sampling procedure

No sampling (total universe)

Simple random sample

All professionals registered with the National Computing Centre (NCC) and the British Computer Association for the Blind (BCB) were surveyed. A simple random sample of employers was drawn from the NCC mailing list, with a bias towards the north west (500 from the north west, 500 from the rest of Great Britain).

Kind of data

Not available

Data collection mode

Postal survey

Publisher

UK Data Service

Publication year

1987

Terms of data access

The Data Collection is available to UK Data Service registered users subject to the End User Licence Agreement.

Commercial use of the data requires approval from the data owner or their nominee. The UK Data Service will contact you.

Sutton, D. and Stevenson, J. (1982) 'Employment for disabled people'. :SSRC.
Stevenson, J. and Sutton, D. (1982) Physically disabled people in computing: : an exploratory study of opportunities problems and strategies [Research report], : Dept. of Social Administration Universtiy of Manchester.