Journal
READING AND WRITING
Volume 31, Issue 5, Pages 1039-1061Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s11145-018-9827-8
Keywords
Gender differences; Reading; Meta-analysis; Identification
Funding
- Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development [P50 HD052117-07]
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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. sample. 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 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 were more severe. Further, this difference in identification rates across males and females was found without evidence of publication bias. Implications for the identification of students with reading difficulties are discussed.
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