Table B-1. Primary disability category of youth respondents and those for whom parents responded

Primary disability category	Parent respondents	Youth respondents
Primary disability category	Percent / standard error
Learning disability	53.8	62.7
Learning disability	(2.64)	(2.73)
Speech/language impairment	4.0	4.0
Speech/language impairment	(1.01)	(1.10)
Mental retardation	17.1	11.6
Mental retardation	(1.99)	(1.81)
Emotional disturbance	12.5	11.5
Emotional disturbance	(1.75)	(1.80)
Hearing impairment	2.1	1.2
Hearing impairment	(0.75)	(0.62)
Visual impairment	0.4	0.5
Visual impairment	(0.33)	(0.38)
Orthopedic impairment	1.3	1.1
Orthopedic impairment	(0.59)	(0.59)
Other health impairment	4.0	4.6
Other health impairment	(0.59)	(1.18)
Autism	1.2	0.7
Autism	(0.57)	(0.45)
Traumatic brain injury	0.3	0.3
Traumatic brain injury	(0.30)	(0.30)
Multiple disabilities	3.1	1.7
Multiple disabilities	(0.92)	(0.74)
Deaf-blindness	0.3	0.1
Deaf-blindness	(0.26)	(0.21)
SOURCES: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Special Education Research, National Longitudinal Transition Study-2 (NLTS2), Wave 1 parent interviews, 2001, Wave 2 parent and youth telephone interview/mail survey, 2003.