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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Apr 29.
Published in final edited form as: Annee Psychol. 2015 Jan 2;114(4):753–777. doi: 10.4074/S0003503314004072

Table 4. Prevalence of Specifically Poor Comprehenders (Lowest 25% with at least 1SD Discrepancy with Decoding) As a Function of Age and Whether Decoding is Defined by Word Reading or Nonword Reading.

Comprehension Test Full Sample Young Mean = 9.5 yrs Older Mean = 13.9 yrs

Word Nonword Word Nonword Word Nonword
Reading Comprehension Composite 5% 8% 3% 6% 6% 10%
 RC-D Composite 2.5% 6% 1% 4% 4% 9%
 RC-C Composite 8% 11% 7% 9% 9% 13%
Listening Comprehension Composite 10% 12% 11% 13% 9% 11%