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

dc.contributor.author Paxson, Christina
dc.contributor.author Schady, Norbert
dc.date.accessioned 2012-06-25T15:27:15Z
dc.date.available 2012-06-25T15:27:15Z
dc.date.issued 2005-05
dc.description.abstract Paxson 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.identifier http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/05/5796189/cognitive-development-among-young-children-ecuador-roles-wealth-health-parenting
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10986/8929
dc.language English
dc.language.iso en_US
dc.publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relation.ispartofseries Policy Research Working Paper; No. 3605
dc.rights CC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holder World Bank
dc.rights.uri http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.subject ADJUSTMENT
dc.subject ADOPTED CHILDREN
dc.subject ADULTHOOD
dc.subject ADULTS
dc.subject AGE GROUPS
dc.subject AGED
dc.subject ANEMIA
dc.subject ATTENTION
dc.subject BREASTFEEDING
dc.subject BREASTFEEDING DURATION
dc.subject CHILD DEVELOPMENT
dc.subject CHILD HEALTH
dc.subject CHILD NUTRITION
dc.subject CHILDBEARING
dc.subject CLINICS
dc.subject COGNITIVE ABILITY
dc.subject COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT
dc.subject COGNITIVE OUTCOMES
dc.subject COMMUNICABLE DISEASES
dc.subject DEPRESSION
dc.subject DIARRHEA
dc.subject DURATION OF BREASTFEEDING
dc.subject EARLY CHILDHOOD
dc.subject ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS
dc.subject FAMILIES
dc.subject FATHERS
dc.subject GENDER
dc.subject GENERATIONS
dc.subject GIRLS
dc.subject HEALTH INDICATORS
dc.subject HOUSEHOLD COMPOSITION
dc.subject HOUSING
dc.subject INFANT MORTALITY
dc.subject IODINE
dc.subject IRON
dc.subject LANGUAGE ABILITY
dc.subject LATIN AMERICAN
dc.subject LIFE EXPECTANCY
dc.subject LIVE BIRTHS
dc.subject MALNUTRITION
dc.subject MIGRATION
dc.subject MORBIDITY
dc.subject MORTALITY
dc.subject MOTHERS
dc.subject NUTRITIONAL STATUS
dc.subject OLD CHILDREN
dc.subject PARENTING
dc.subject PARENTS
dc.subject POOR CHILDREN
dc.subject RADIO
dc.subject RECOGNITION
dc.subject RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS
dc.subject SIBLINGS
dc.subject STUNTING
dc.subject VERBAL ABILITY
dc.subject WAGES
dc.subject WASTING
dc.subject YOUNG CHILDREN
dc.title Cognitive Development among Young Children in Ecuador : The Roles of Wealth, Health, and Parenting en
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okr.doctype Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper
okr.doctype Publications & Research
okr.docurl http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/05/5796189/cognitive-development-among-young-children-ecuador-roles-wealth-health-parenting
okr.globalpractice Social, Urban, Rural and Resilience
okr.globalpractice Education
okr.globalpractice Governance
okr.globalpractice Health, Nutrition, and Population
okr.identifier.doi 10.1596/1813-9450-3605
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum 000011823_20050512113043
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum 5796189
okr.identifier.report WPS3605
okr.language.supported en
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okr.region.administrative Latin America & Caribbean
okr.region.country Ecuador
okr.topic Health Monitoring and Evaluation
okr.topic Education :: Educational Sciences
okr.topic Urban Development :: Street Children
okr.topic Health, Nutrition and Population :: Adolescent Health
okr.topic Governance :: Youth and Governance
okr.unit Development Research Group (DECRG)
okr.volume 1 of 1
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