Differential Identification of Females and Males with Reading Difficulties: A Meta-Analysis.

ABSTRACT: Males are more likely than females to be identified as having reading difficulties, but it is unclear if this is a result of sample ascertainment or identification bias. The purpose of this meta-analysis was to determine the magnitude of gender differences in reading difficulties using available studies in which researchers investigated this difference and an additional dataset with a representative U.S.

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After conducting a literature search, sixteen studies and a restricted use dataset were included in the present analysis (N = 552,729). A random-effects odds ratio (OR) model indicated that males are 1.83 times more likely than females to have reading difficulties. Moderator analyses revealed that the gender ratio is greater when the identified reading difficulties wer

SUBMITTER: Quinn JM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6023418 | biostudies-literature | 2018 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature