Zróżnicowanie aktywności ekonomicznej osób niepełnosprawnych w Polsce i jej determinanty

This paper presents changes in the structure of economic activity of the population with disabilities in the years 1996–2010. Moreover, determinants of activity of this population group: the degree of disability, age, level of education have been characterized. It was found, that the low activity of people with disabilities is mainly caused by unfavorable age structure of this population and the relatively low level of education. To evaluate the intensity of changes in the structure of the analyzed phenomenon appropriate synthetic measures of the structure intensity changes have been used, which was described by one-basic and continued fraction perspective. In the research period a slight change was ascertained in the pattern of economic activity of disabled population in dynamic approach.