Toward an Equal Level of Educational Attainment Between Deaf and Hearing People in Sweden?

Various educational reforms in Sweden have resulted in a formally equivalent educational system for deaf and hearing pupils. Has this resulted in equal levels of educational attainment? This article compares 2,144 people born between 1941 and 1980 who attended a special education program for the dea...

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Published in:	Journal of deaf studies and deaf education Vol. 14; no. 3; pp. 312 - 323
Main Authors:	Rydberg, Emelie, Gellerstedt, Lotta C., Danermark, Berth
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Cary, NC Oxford University Press 2009 Oxford Publishing Limited (England)
Subjects:	Access to education Adult Age Differences Age Factors Aged Biological and medical sciences Comparative Analysis Deaf education Deaf Interpreting Deafness Disability research Disability Science Ear, auditive nerve, cochleovestibular tract, facial nerve: diseases, semeiology Education reform Education, Special Educational Attainment Educational Policy Educational psychology Educational Status Empirical Articles Equal Education Equality Female Foreign Countries Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology Gender Differences Handicap Handikappsforskning Handikappvetenskap Hearing loss Higher education Humans Immigrants Language Skills Male Medical sciences Non tumoral diseases Otorhinolaryngology. Stomatology People with disabilities Persons With Hearing Impairments Population education Psychology and medicine Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry Psychology. Psychophysiology Pupil and student. Academic achievement and failure SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP Secondary Education Sex Factors Sign Language Sign languages SOCIAL SCIENCES Social work Socialt arbete Socialvetenskap Special Schools Students Sweden Sweden Europe Human Handicap Academic achievement Education level Sociodemographic factor Education Auditory disorder ENT disease Reform Child Hearing loss
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Summary:	Various educational reforms in Sweden have resulted in a formally equivalent educational system for deaf and hearing pupils. Has this resulted in equal levels of educational attainment? This article compares 2,144 people born between 1941 and 1980 who attended a special education program for the deaf and 100,000 randomly chosen individuals from the total population born between 1941 and 1980. Data consist of registered information about the individuals in the year 2005. Results demonstrate that the deaf population has a lower level of educational attainment than the reference population.Women have a higher level of educational attainment than men, and younger people have a higher level than older people in each population. Neither sex, age category, nor immigrant background accounts for the variance in the level of educational attainment between the populations. The educational reforms have not been sufficient to reduce the unequal level of educational attainment between deaf and hearing people.
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ISSN:	1081-4159 1465-7325 1465-7325
DOI:	10.1093/deafed/enp001