CDA Surveys & White Papers
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CDA White Paper, Worker Disability: A Growing Risk to Retirement Security
addresses Americans’ lack of awareness of the risks and financial burden that an unexpected accident or illness can have on retirement savings. The white paper discusses how American workers are taking on more responsibility for their own personal financial wellbeing, but most are not planning accordingly and are threatening their retirement security
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CDA's 2007 Long Term Disability Claims Review
The third annual review of long-term disability claim trends among the U.S. working population, includes primary data from the annual CDA member company long-term disability claims survey and analyzes selected worker disability data from the SSDI program. New data shows continued growth of long-term disability claims and decline in social security disability insurance applications approval rate.
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CDA 2008 Worker Disability Planning and Preparedness Study Fact Sheet
The 2008 "Worker Disability Planning and Preparedness Study Fact Sheet" highlights key findings from the study. Overall the study revealed that most workers are not prepared for the financial consequences of an income-limiting disability. While the majority of workers rated their ability to earn a living as the most important contributor to their long-term financial security – three times greater than those who rated retirement savings as number one – two in three workers do not even think about disability when they discuss their "financial planning." Download the complete study.
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CDA 2007 Disability Awareness Survey Executive Summary
CDA recently published the “2007 Disability Awareness Survey,” a landmark survey of working Americans, which gauged wage earners’ awareness of their likelihood of experiencing a disability, as well as their preparedness should a disability strike. The executive summary thoroughly reviews the survey findings and extracts critical implications regarding the ability of America’s workforce to financially weather an income-limiting disability.
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CDA 2007 Disability Awareness Survey Fact Sheet
The “2007 Disability Awareness Survey” fact sheet accompanies the survey’s executive summary, and provides readers with key highlights of the survey findings. Specifically, highlights reveal that disability is not top of mind for American workers, financial uncertainty looms for those unprepared and women are more aware of disability’s likelihood, but less prepared to deal with its financial consequences.
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CDA's 2006 Long Term Disability Claims Review
On an annual basis, CDA conducts a review of long-term disability claims and data from the Social Security Disability Program (SSDI). The 2006 CDA Long-Term Disability Claims Survey identifies continuing and emerging trends among the U.S. working population.
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CDA's 2005 Long Term Disability Claims Review
CDA provides insight on disability trends among the US working population.
Visit the CDA website for more information: www.disabilitycanhappen.org
