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ERIC Number: EJ200636
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1979-Mar
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The Effect of Sex Role Differences on the Societal Reaction to Mental Retardation.
Tudor, William; And Others
Social Forces, v57 n3 p871-86 Mar 1979
Data presented in this paper suggest that mentally retarded males are more likely to be institutionalized than retarded females, and that males tend to be institutionalized at earlier ages and for milder disorders. (Author/EB)
Descriptors: Disability Discrimination, Females, Institutionalized Persons, Males, Mental Retardation, Sex Differences, Sex Role, Sex Stereotypes, Social Attitudes, Statistical Studies
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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