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    The relationship between gender, receptive vocabulary and literacy from school entry through to adulthood

    Date
    2013-08
    Author
    Law, James
    Rush, Robert
    Parsons, Samantha
    Schoon, Ingrid
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    Law, J., Rush, R., Parsons, S. & Schoon, I. (2013) The relationship between gender, receptive vocabulary and literacy from school entry through to adulthood, International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, vol. 15, , pp. 407-415,
    Abstract
    It is commonly assumed that boys have poorer language skills than girls but this assumption is largely based on studies with small, clinical samples or focussing on expressive language skills. This study examines the relationship between gender and receptive vocabulary, literacy and non-verbal performance at five years through to adulthood. The participants were UK birth cohort of 11, 349 children born in one week in March 1970. Logistic regression models were employed to examine the association of gender with language and literacy at 5 and 34 years. Non-verbal abilities were comparable at five years but there were significant differences for both receptive vocabulary and reading, favouring the boys and the girls respectively. Boys but not girls who had parents who were poor readers were more likely to be not reading at five years. Gender was not associated with adulthood literacy. Boys may have a slight advantage over girls in terms of their receptive vocabulary raising questions about the skills tested and the characteristics of clinical populations. The findings are discussed in terms of the nature of the way that children are assessed and the assumptions underpinning clinical practice.
    Official URL
    http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/17549507.2012.721897
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    https://eresearch.qmu.ac.uk/handle/20.500.12289/2886
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