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Natale JE, Joseph JG, Bergen R, et al. Prevalence of childhood disability in a southern Indian city: independent effect of small differences in social status. Int J Epidemiol. 1992;21(2):367-72doi: 10.1093/ije/21.2.367.
Natale, J. E., Joseph, J. G., Bergen, R., Thulasiraj, R. D., & Rahmathullah, L. (1992). Prevalence of childhood disability in a southern Indian city: independent effect of small differences in social status. International journal of epidemiology, 21(2), 367-72. https://doi.org/10.1093/ije/21.2.367
Natale, J E, et al. "Prevalence of childhood disability in a southern Indian city: independent effect of small differences in social status." International journal of epidemiology vol. 21,2 (1992): 367-72. doi: https://doi.org/10.1093/ije/21.2.367
Natale JE, Joseph JG, Bergen R, Thulasiraj RD, Rahmathullah L. Prevalence of childhood disability in a southern Indian city: independent effect of small differences in social status. Int J Epidemiol. 1992 Apr;21(2):367-72. doi: 10.1093/ije/21.2.367. PMID: 1428494.
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Int J Epidemiol. 1992 Apr;21(2):367-72. doi: 10.1093/ije/21.2.367.

Prevalence of childhood disability in a southern Indian city: independent effect of small differences in social status.

International journal of epidemiology

J E Natale, J G Joseph, R Bergen, R D Thulasiraj, L Rahmathullah

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  1. College of Human Medicine, Michigan State University, East Lansing 48823.

PMID: 1428494 DOI: 10.1093/ije/21.2.367

Abstract

A random sample of mothers living in two neighbourhoods of a southern Indian city were interviewed in order to determine the prevalence of serious disability in children 2-9 years old. These areas were selected because residents constitute either the lowest class or the next higher socioeconomic class (next-to-lowest class), with monthly incomes of US$ 10-15 and 32-42 respectively. A previously validated screening instrument was used with documented sensitivity of 100% and specificity of 95% when applied under similar conditions. Disability was found to be more common among children of the lowest class families (17.2%) when compared with the next-to-lowest class families (8.4%); with an odds ratio (OR) of 2.36 (95% confidence interval (CI): 1.08-3.64). Specific types of disability were examined and found to be consistently more prevalent in the lowest class. These results suggest that comparatively small differences in social status can be associated with important differences in health status.

Keywords: Age Factors; Asia; Behavior; Biology; Child; Comparative Studies; Demographic Factors; Developing Countries; Economic Factors; Examinations And Diagnoses; Geographic Factors; Handicapped; Health; Health Surveys; India; Intelligence; Low Income Population; Measurement; Mental Retardation; Methodological Studies; Neurologic Effects; Personality; Physiology; Population; Population Characteristics; Psychological Factors; Research Methodology; Screening; Slums; Social Class; Socioeconomic Factors; Socioeconomic Status; Southern Asia; Spatial Distribution; Studies; Urban Population; Urban Spatial Distribution; Urbanization; Validity; Youth

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