The purpose of this study was to identify the decisive factors affecting the
employment of people with visual impairments using integrative data out of the 1st,
2nd and 3rd panel surveys for their employment conducted between 2008 and 2010
and to deduce policy implications for their welfare. Statistical significance was found
in 9 out of 4 factors and 13 variables affecting their employment decision. In terms
of socio-demographic factors, it has been shown that the older one became and the
less likely to have a spouse and become a householder one became, the more
possibility of being employed one had. With respect to impairment factors, the
possibility of being employed was lower when one was severely impaired. In addition,
as for the factors of human capital, it has been noted that the possibility of being
employed became higher in case of receiving employment services, but it became
lower in case of having special education. With regard to the factors of social
system, it has been found that the more propensity of becoming non-social welfare
receiver one became and the less degree of discrimination against people with
disabilities the social systems had, the more possibility of being employed one had.