The first year of a child's life has been considered important in shaping their cognitive
development. The research literature has identified area-based socio-economic …

Many of the factors we are interested in are related to each other as well as being related to
cognitive ability. For example, younger mothers are more likely to have lower qualifications …

Children's development in the early years has been shown to be related to their success in
later life in a range of areas including education, employment and crime. Determining why …

Background Associations between the characteristics of the family environment, in particular
poverty and family structure, and cognitive development are well established, yet little is …

Background Poor cognitive ability in childhood may lead to poor outcomes across the life
course. Thus, isolating clusters of children who share similar trajectories of cognitive …

Internationally, one area of interest to developmental psychologists has been the impact of
early educational experience on later developmental outcomes for children, particularly …

Existing evidence is inconclusive on whether a socio-economic gradient in children's
cognitive ability widens, narrows or remains stable over time and there is little research on …

The way in which inequalities are produced and reproduced is a central question for social
scientists and for policymakers. In this chapter we focus on inequalities in cognitive …

This longitudinal study assesses the attainment and development of children followed
between the ages of 3 and 7 years. Over 700 children were recruited to the study during …

The aim of this chapter is to assess early childhood influences on the cognitive and
behavioural development of children in the Millennium Cohort Study (MCS) at age 5. In …