Intersectional inequalities: How socioeconomic well-being varies at the intersection of disability, gender, race-ethnicity, and age

Building on calls to integrate disability as an axis of stratification within sociological research, particularly within intersectional analyses of inequality, this study documents the scope of socioeconomic inequities at the intersection of multiple, entwined systems of stratification. Using data from the 2008–2019 American Community Survey (n = 19,506,716), I provide evidence of inequalities in poverty and unemployment at the intersection of disability, gender, race-ethnicity, and age. Findings highlight how disabled Black and AIAN men and women across age groups experience significantly heightened socioeconomic disadvantage. Study findings provide essential context for understanding how multiple, interlocking systems of inequality work together to produce and maintain intersectional inequalities in socioeconomic well-being. By examining the scope of socioeconomic inequities at the intersection of disability, gender, race-ethnicity, and age, this study uncovers patterns of relational inequalities that can be translated into policies and structural changes to transform power relations and promote disability and economic justice.