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Disability Data for Pennsylvania from the 2009 American Community Survey: Living quarters



Number of people with disabilities and disability rate, by type of living quarters in Pennsylvania, 2009
  Total population Any disability Daily activity limitation Self-care limitation
  Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent
  11,865,000 1,772,000 14.9% 781,000 6.6% 397,000 3.3%
 Household 11,395,000 1,571,000 13.8% 628,000 5.5% 276,000 2.4%
Living alone 1,454,000 382,000 26.2% 169,000 11.6% 69,000 4.7%
Living with others 9,941,000 1,189,000 12.0% 459,000 4.6% 207,000 2.1%
 Institution* 225,000 147,000 65.3% 118,000 52.5% 100,000 44.7%
 Other group quarters† 245,000 54,000 22.2% 35,000 14.4% 20,000 8.3%

* Institution: Nursing homes, hospital facilities, and correctional and juvenile institutions.
† Group homes, college dormitories, military barracks and other group housing, hostels, shelters, religious group housing, and work-related group living arrangements.

Distribution of living quarters among people with disabilities in Pennsylvania, 2009
  Any disability Daily activity limitation Self-care limitation No disability
Number of people 1,772,000 781,000 397,000 10,093,000
Type of living quarters
 In household living alone 21.5% 21.6% 17.4% 10.6%
 In household with others 67.1% 58.8% 52.2% 86.7%
 Institution 8.3% 15.1% 25.3% 0.8%
 Other group quarters 3.1% 4.5% 5.1% 1.9%

Distribution of living quarters among people with daily activity limitations in Pennsylvania, 2009

The above pie chart shows that 58.8% of Pennsylvania adults with a daily living limitation live in households with others, 21.6% live alone in households, 15.1% live in institutions, and 4.5% live in other group quarters.

Distribution of living quarters among people with self-care limitations in Pennsylvania, 2009

The above pie chart shows that 52.2% of Pennsylvania adults with a self-care limitation live in households with others, 17.4% live alone in households, 25.3% live in institutions, and 5.1% live in other group quarters.

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Living Quarters Data for Pennsylvania from the 2008 American Community Survey

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