How much is the Social Security Disability program cutting into workforce participation? That’s a question examined in a piece from Moody’s Analytics, asking whether disability benefits are driving Americans away from seeking employment.

There are 237,000 Alabamians on federal disability, more than 6 percent of the population. …

Nationwide, nearly 10 million Americans, or about 3 percent of the population, are enrolled in the Social Security disability program.

The Moody’s piece mentions that a growing percentage of prime-aged workers are reporting that they aren’t in the labor force because of disability.

But while the amount of money in benefits being paid out increases, there does not appear to be a rise in the frequency of medical conditions that would explain its growth.