Survey of Postsecondary Faculty and Researchers (SPFR)

Disability of person, status

Disability refers to whether or not a person is limited in his or her daily activities according to a prescribed level of difficulty with particular tasks due to a long-term condition or health problem lasting, or expecting to last, for a specified period of time.

Person refers to an individual and is the unit of analysis for most social statistics programs.

The data for this variable are reported using the following classifications and/or lists:

• Status of Disability