RADIUS Comprehensive Archive

Research Archive on Disability in the U.S. - Comprehensive Archive

The Research Archive on Disability in the U.S. has been established with the guidance of a National Advisory Panel of experts and funded by the National Center for Medical Rehabilitation Research (NCMRR) within the National Institute for Child Health and Human Development (NICHD). The purpose of the project is to facilitate access to the best data sets on the prevalence, incidence, correlates, and consequences of disability in the U.S.

The heart of RADIUS 1999 Edition is a collection of 19 studies comprised of over 25,000 variables that address the topic of disability. These data sets permit analyses on topics such as: the incidence and prevalence of specific diseases, disorders, and impairments, including deficits of cognition, emotion, physiology, and anatomical structure; functional limitations across a variety of specific organ systems; disabilities in relation to major life roles and activities, such as work, parenting, education, and recreation; societal limitations including physical, attitudinal, and economical barriers that restrict full participation in society; psychosocial and interpersonal factors such as coping with stress, sexuality, feelings of control and productivity, quality of life, and family relations and support; health care and rehabilitation issues such as medical costs, coverage, service utilization, use of orthotic, prosthetic, assistive devices, effectiveness of rehabilitation; as well as a variety of basic demographic factors on respondents such as age, race, sex, income, occupation, marital status, family size, and living arrangements.

*All dataset orders include Raw Data, SPSS Program Statements, SAS Program Statements, and machine readable User's Guide. Codebooks, Instruments, and printed User's Guides can also be purchased separately.