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A LONGITUDINAL STUDY OF NUMBERS OF MALES AND FEMALES IN MENTAL RETARDATION SERVICES BY AGE, IQ AND PLACEMENT
Author(s) -
Richardson S. A.,
Koller Helens,
Katz Mindy
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
journal of intellectual disability research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.941
H-Index - 104
eISSN - 1365-2788
pISSN - 0964-2633
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2788.1986.tb01323.x
Subject(s) - memphis , adolescent medicine , medicine , gerontology , psychology , pediatrics , biology , botany
A year-by-year analysis up to age 22 was carried out of the numbers of males and females in a birth cohort receiving mental retardation services in a British city. A slight excess of males was found during childhood, with the largest excess occurring at the upper end of the IQ range, the borderline area for classifying children as mentally retarded. There was also a large male excess found in residential care at each age. During the young adult years, this predominance of males in residential care was offset by an excess of females attending day care centres, leading to almost equality of numbers of males and females receiving some sort of services during this period. Possible explanations for the findings were discussed.