Disability and employment in China: a Guangzhou case study

Figures & data

Table 1. Characteristics of young people with intellectual developmental disabilities and their parents.

Young people with intellectual developmental disabilities					Parents
Name	Gender	Age	Current job	Previous job	Relationship to young person
Hou	Male	21	Cleaner	Café staff	Father
Shao	Female	17	Unemployed	Cleaner	Mother
Wei	Male	26	Unemployed	Cleaner	Father
Zhan	Male	22	Bookstore staff	Restaurant staff	Mother
Wan	Female	22	Unemployed	Cleaner	Mother
Yong	Male	21	Office Clerk	Cleaner	Mother
Fei	Male	26	Unemployed	Tally Clerk	Mother
Long	Male	25	School Administrator	Warehouse Keeper	Mother
Yi	Male	25	Librarian	Cleaner	Mother
Jia	Female	16	Unemployed	Baker	Mother
Kai	Male	18	Unemployed	Restaurant staff	Mother
Liang	Male	19	Unemployed	Restaurant staff	Mother
Xiao	Female	22	Self-employed	Restaurant staff	Mother

N = no previous job experience.

Table 2. Semi-structured interview guidelines.

Young people	Parents
1. What types of jobs have you had before? How do you find those jobs?	1. How did you and your child feel about their working-related experience?
2. What kinds of jobs would you like to have and why? How about your parents?	2. Does your child express a desire to pursue employment? What specific types of jobs does your child aspire to, and do your preferences align?
3. Do you find it hard to obtain employment, and why? What are the primary difficulties?	3. What are your expectations regarding your child’s employment?
4. What are your expectations of life for the future?	4. What factors do you think might impact your child to find and keep a job?
5. Do you identify yourself as a disabled person?	5. What expectations do you have for your child and your family in the future?
6. Who are disabled people?	6. Do you identify your child as a disabled person and why?
7. Do you think you or disabled people are different from others? What are those differences, and how do you feel about them?	7. Do you think your child is different from others without intellectual and developmental disabilities? What are those differences?