Mortality: An Individual or Aggregate Variable?.

Zaharia, E. S.; O'Brien, Kevin

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ERIC Number: EJ539239

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1997

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Mortality: An Individual or Aggregate Variable?

Zaharia, E. S.; O'Brien, Kevin

American Journal on Mental Retardation, v101 n4 p424-29 Jan 1997

This response to a study by D. Strauss and T. Kastner, which compared mortality rates for individuals with mental retardation in either community or institutional settings, notes that all previous research on this subject had found institutional mortality rates higher than those in the community. Methodological concerns are raised about the study. (DB)

Descriptors: Community Programs, Deinstitutionalization (of Disabled), Family Environment, Group Homes, Institutionalized Persons, Mental Retardation, Mortality Rate, Research Methodology, Research Problems

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers

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Audience: Researchers

Language: English

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Note: For related document, see EC 614 317.