Evaluation of the Ticket to Work Program, Implementation ...

Table II.2. Beneficiary Groups with High or Low Participation Rates in March 2004, Phase 1 StatesBeneficiary GroupsParticipation Rate at Least 1.5 Percent Participation Rate No More than 0.5 PercentParticipationRatePercent inGroupBeneficiary GroupsParticipationRatePercent inGroupAge18–24 2.8% 5.9% 50–64 0.3% 31.7%25–29 2.1 4.530–39 1.7 15.1Primary ImpairmentHearing 5.9 0.9 Respiratory impairment 0.4 2.5Speech 2.3 0.1 Circulatory impairment 0.5 6.9Congenital anomaly 2.0 0.4 Musculoskeletal 0.5 16.4Visual 1.7 2.0Schizophrenia/psychoses/neuroses 1.5 7.6State of ResidenceVermont 2.3 0.7 Arizona 0.5 5.0Delaware 2.2 0.8 Colorado 0.4 3.1Massachusetts 0.4 7.4Oregon 0.4 3.3Other13–16 years of schooling a 1.5 17.4 1–8 years of schooling a 0.3 16.7Concurrent 1.5 13.0SSA mailed Ticket 0 to6 months ago 0.3 3.4Work incentive participation Spanish preferred 0.4 4.3Section 1619(b) (SSI) 3.1 0.3Section 1619(a) (SSI) 2.4 0.4Extended period of eligibility (SSDI) 2.3 0.4Source: Ticket Research File.Note:"Beneficiary groups" are groups of Ticket-eligible beneficiaries defined by the characteristic indicated; "participation rate" is thepercentage of the group in Phase 1 states with in-use Tickets in March 2004; and "percent in group" is the percentage of eligiblebeneficiaries having the indicated characteristic.a The education statistics are based on the relatively small share of Ticket-eligible beneficiaries for which education is reported in the administrativedata (38.6 percent).