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



Number of people with disabilities and disability rate, by type of living quarters in Wisconsin, 2009
  Total population Any disability Daily activity limitation Self-care limitation
  Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent
  5,299,000 643,000 12.1% 261,000 4.9% 137,000 2.6%
 Household 5,133,000 575,000 11.2% 211,000 4.1% 98,000 1.9%
Living alone 627,000 148,000 23.7% 63,000 10.0% 26,000 4.1%
Living with others 4,506,000 427,000 9.5% 149,000 3.3% 72,000 1.6%
 Institution* 83,000 48,000 58.0% 38,000 45.3% 31,000 37.3%
 Other group quarters† 83,000 19,000 23.4% 12,000 14.9% 9,000 10.5%

* 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 Wisconsin, 2009
  Any disability Daily activity limitation Self-care limitation No disability
Number of people 643,000 261,000 137,000 4,656,000
Type of living quarters
 In household living alone 23.1% 24.0% 18.8% 10.3%
 In household with others 66.4% 56.9% 52.3% 87.6%
 Institution 7.5% 14.4% 22.6% 0.7%
 Other group quarters 3.0% 4.7% 6.3% 1.4%

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

The above pie chart shows that 56.9% of Wisconsin adults with a daily living limitation live in households with others, 24.0% live alone in households, 14.4% live in institutions, and 4.7% live in other group quarters.

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

The above pie chart shows that 52.3% of Wisconsin adults with a self-care limitation live in households with others, 18.8% live alone in households, 22.6% live in institutions, and 6.3% live in other group quarters.

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Living Quarters Data for Wisconsin from the 2008 American Community Survey

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