MEASLES AND READINESS FOR READING AND LEARNING

• Published in: American journal of epidemiology 1968-11, Vol.88 (3), p.351-358
• Main Authors: KOGON, ALFRED, HALL, CARRIE E., COONEY, MARION K., FOX, JOHN P.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• ISSN: 0002-9262; 1476-6256
• DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a120895

Kogon, A., C. E. Hall, M. K. Cooney and J. P. Fox (Univ. of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Wash. 98105). Measles and readiness for reading and learning. IV. Shoreline School District study. Amer J. Epid. 1968, 88: 351–358.—The third study, conducted in the Seattle suburban Shoreline School District, included in analysis 696 first grade children from all 18 elementary schools. While prior occurrence of measles was again related to age, number of siblings and birth order (but not to level of parent's education), no relation was found between measles status and performance in the Metropolitan Readiness Test as measured by either total score or scores for the reading and numbers components examined separately. Within the unmodified measles group, however, there was a marginally significant (.05 > p >.025) direct relation between years since measles and the numbers readiness scores. No significant relation was found between mumps status and any aspect of test performance. In this all-white, relatively homogeneous middle class district, no overall measles effect was demonstrated although the correlation between time since measles and number readiness scores is consistent with either a transitory or age-dependent effect.