Weale J, Bradshaw J
J Epidemiol Community Health. 1980 Jun;34(2):111-8. doi: 10.1136/jech.34.2.111.
In the absence of nationally representative data on the prevalence of disability among children, a special analysis of relevant data in the General Household Survey (GHS) was carried out. A long-standing illness, disability or infirmity was present in 7.6% of the children under 16 in the 1974 sample of the GHS. An assessment of the extent to which the children were disabled resulted in 10% of the children being classified as severe, 29% as moderate, and 61% as mild. About half of the children classified as severe had a congenital anomaly or suffered from a mental disorder. Prevalence rates for specific conditions were compared with those obtained in other studies. Compared with all children in the survey, significantly more of the severely and moderately disabled children were boys than girls, and significantly more came from the skilled manual socioeconomic groups. The proportion of lone parent families was not significantly different from that in the overall sample.
由于缺乏关于儿童残疾患病率的全国代表性数据，因此对一般家庭调查（GHS）中的相关数据进行了专项分析。在1974年GHS样本中，16岁以下儿童中有7.6%患有长期疾病、残疾或体弱。对儿童残疾程度的评估结果显示，10%的儿童被归类为重度残疾，29%为中度残疾，61%为轻度残疾。约一半被归类为重度残疾的儿童患有先天性异常或精神障碍。将特定疾病的患病率与其他研究得出的患病率进行了比较。与调查中的所有儿童相比，重度和中度残疾儿童中男孩的比例显著高于女孩，且来自熟练体力劳动者社会经济群体的比例也显著更高。单亲家庭的比例与总体样本中的比例没有显著差异。
