TY - JOUR
T1 - Reading Disability and Adult Attained Education and Income
T2 - Evidence From a 30-Year Longitudinal Study of a Population-Based Sample
AU - McLaughlin, Margaret J.
AU - Speirs, Katherine E.
AU - Shenassa, Edmond D.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© Hammill Institute on Disabilities 2012.
PY - 2014/7/11
Y1 - 2014/7/11
N2 - This study examined the impact of childhood reading disability (RD) on adult educational attainment and income. Participants’ (N = 1,344) RD was assessed at age 7, and adult educational attainment and income were assessed in midlife using categorical variables. Participants with RD at age 7 were 74% (95% CI: 0.18, 0.37) less likely to attain a higher level of education and 56% (95% CI: 0.32, 0.61) less likely to attain a higher level of income as an adult than participants with average or above reading achievement at age 7. Attained education was found to mediate the relationship between RD and attained income.
AB - This study examined the impact of childhood reading disability (RD) on adult educational attainment and income. Participants’ (N = 1,344) RD was assessed at age 7, and adult educational attainment and income were assessed in midlife using categorical variables. Participants with RD at age 7 were 74% (95% CI: 0.18, 0.37) less likely to attain a higher level of education and 56% (95% CI: 0.32, 0.61) less likely to attain a higher level of income as an adult than participants with average or above reading achievement at age 7. Attained education was found to mediate the relationship between RD and attained income.
KW - longitudinal research
KW - quantitative research
KW - reading
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U2 - 10.1177/0022219412458323
DO - 10.1177/0022219412458323
M3 - Article
C2 - 22983608
AN - SCOPUS:84908608735
SN - 0022-2194
VL - 47
SP - 374
EP - 386
JO - Journal of learning disabilities
JF - Journal of learning disabilities
IS - 4
ER -