Table B-4. Age at identification of and first services for disabilities of youth respondents and those for whom parents responded

Youth's age	Parent respondents	Youth respondents
Youth's age	Percent / standard error
Disability first identified at age:
Birth-1	24.7	12.5 **
Birth-1	(2.97)	(2.26)
2-4	17.0	18.0
2-4	(2.58)	(2.63)
5-7	35.9	43.0
5-7	(3.30)	(3.39)
8-10	16.7	18.7
8-10	(2.57)	(2.67)
11 or older	5.8	7.8
11 or older	(1.61)	(1.84)
Special education services in school first received at age:
5-7	56.5	47.3
5-7	(3.45)	(3.40)
8-10	24.4	31.0
8-10	(2.99)	(3.15)
11 or older	19.1	21.7
11 or older	(2.74)	(2.81)
p < .01, *p < .001. 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.