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Cognitive Development among Young Children in Ecuador : The Roles of Wealth, Health, and Parenting

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dc.contributor.authorPaxson, Christina
dc.contributor.authorSchady, Norbert
dc.date.accessioned2012-06-25T15:27:15Z
dc.date.available2012-06-25T15:27:15Z
dc.date.issued2005-05
dc.description.abstractPaxson and Schady examine the relationship between early cognitive development, socioeconomic status, child health, and parenting quality in a developing country. They use a sample of over 3,000 predominantly poor pre-school age children from Ecuador and analyze determinants of their scores on the Spanish version of the Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test (TVIP), a widely used test of language ability. The authors show that median age-normed test scores on the TVIP are much lower for older than younger children, and there is greater dispersion in scores among older children. They find that household socioeconomic characteristics, in particular wealth and parental education, are "protective"-children from wealthier households with more educated parents have higher scores. The associations of test scores with wealth and maternal education are larger for older children, suggesting that these factors have cumulative effects on cognitive ability. Last, the authors show that child health and measures of parenting quality are associated with performance on the TVIP. Children with lower hemoglobin levels perform worse on tests. Measures of parenting quality, in particular the degree to which parents are "responsive" and "harsh" toward children, and whether children are read to, account for a portion, although not the majority, of the association between socioeconomic status and cognitive development.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/05/5796189/cognitive-development-among-young-children-ecuador-roles-wealth-health-parenting
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-3605
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/8929
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relation.ispartofseriesPolicy Research Working Paper; No. 3605
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.subjectADJUSTMENT
dc.subjectADOPTED CHILDREN
dc.subjectADULTHOOD
dc.subjectADULTS
dc.subjectAGE GROUPS
dc.subjectAGED
dc.subjectANEMIA
dc.subjectATTENTION
dc.subjectBREASTFEEDING
dc.subjectBREASTFEEDING DURATION
dc.subjectCHILD DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectCHILD HEALTH
dc.subjectCHILD NUTRITION
dc.subjectCHILDBEARING
dc.subjectCLINICS
dc.subjectCOGNITIVE ABILITY
dc.subjectCOGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectCOGNITIVE OUTCOMES
dc.subjectCOMMUNICABLE DISEASES
dc.subjectDEPRESSION
dc.subjectDIARRHEA
dc.subjectDURATION OF BREASTFEEDING
dc.subjectEARLY CHILDHOOD
dc.subjectENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS
dc.subjectFAMILIES
dc.subjectFATHERS
dc.subjectGENDER
dc.subjectGENERATIONS
dc.subjectGIRLS
dc.subjectHEALTH INDICATORS
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD COMPOSITION
dc.subjectHOUSING
dc.subjectINFANT MORTALITY
dc.subjectIODINE
dc.subjectIRON
dc.subjectLANGUAGE ABILITY
dc.subjectLATIN AMERICAN
dc.subjectLIFE EXPECTANCY
dc.subjectLIVE BIRTHS
dc.subjectMALNUTRITION
dc.subjectMIGRATION
dc.subjectMORBIDITY
dc.subjectMORTALITY
dc.subjectMOTHERS
dc.subjectNUTRITIONAL STATUS
dc.subjectOLD CHILDREN
dc.subjectPARENTING
dc.subjectPARENTS
dc.subjectPOOR CHILDREN
dc.subjectRADIO
dc.subjectRECOGNITION
dc.subjectRESPIRATORY INFECTIONS
dc.subjectSIBLINGS
dc.subjectSTUNTING
dc.subjectVERBAL ABILITY
dc.subjectWAGES
dc.subjectWASTING
dc.subjectYOUNG CHILDREN
dc.titleCognitive Development among Young Children in Ecuador : The Roles of Wealth, Health, and Parentingen
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okr.crossref.titleCognitive Development Among Young Children In Ecuador : The Roles Of Wealth, Health And Parenting
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okr.doctypePublications & Research::Policy Research Working Paper
okr.doctypePublications & Research
okr.docurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/05/5796189/cognitive-development-among-young-children-ecuador-roles-wealth-health-parenting
okr.globalpracticeSocial, Urban, Rural and Resilience
okr.globalpracticeEducation
okr.globalpracticeGovernance
okr.globalpracticeHealth, Nutrition, and Population
okr.guid461831468262774341
okr.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-3605
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum000011823_20050512113043
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum5796189
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okr.region.administrativeLatin America & Caribbean
okr.region.countryEcuador
okr.topicHealth Monitoring and Evaluation
okr.topicEducation::Educational Sciences
okr.topicUrban Development::Street Children
okr.topicHealth, Nutrition and Population::Adolescent Health
okr.topicGovernance::Youth and Governance
okr.unitDevelopment Research Group (DECRG)
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