Poverty, physical stature, and cognitive skills: Mechanisms underlying children's school enrollment in Zambia.

DC McCoy, SS Zuilkowski, G Fink - Developmental Psychology, 2015 - psycnet.apa.org
Past research suggests robust positive associations between household socioeconomic
status and children's early cognitive development in Western countries. Relatively little is …

Factors associated with cognitive achievement in late childhood and adolescence: the Young Lives cohort study of children in Ethiopia, India, Peru, and Vietnam

BT Crookston, R Forste, C McClellan, A Georgiadis… - BMC pediatrics, 2014 - Springer
Background There is a well-established link between various measures of socioeconomic
status and the schooling achievement and cognition of children. However, less is known …

[图书][B] Long-term implications of under-nutrition on psychosocial competencies: evidence from four developing countries

S Dercon, A Sanchez - 2011 - ora.ox.ac.uk
Both cognitive and non-cognitive skills matter to understand a child's opportunities and
outcomes in adulthood. However, it is unclear how non-cognitive skills are produced and …

Mediating pathways in the socio-economic gradient of child development: Evidence from children 6–42 months in Bogota

M Rubio-Codina, O Attanasio… - International journal …, 2016 - journals.sagepub.com
Research has previously shown a gap of near 0.5 of a standard deviation (SD) in cognition
and language development between the top and bottom household wealth quartile in …

Socioeconomic predictors of cognition in Ugandan children: implications for community interventions

P Bangirana, CC John, R Idro, RO Opoka… - PloS one, 2009 - journals.plos.org
Background Several interventions to improve cognition in at risk children have been
suggested. Identification of key variables predicting cognition is necessary to guide these …

[HTML][HTML] Cognitive development among young children in low-income countries

S Naudeau, S Martinez, P Premand… - No small matter: The …, 2011 - books.google.com
Early childhood development encompasses children's cognitive development as well as
their physical growth and well-being and socioemotional development. While endorsing the …

Socioeconomic status, anthropometric status, and psychomotor development of Kenyan children from resource-limited settings: a path-analytic study

A Abubakar, F Van de Vijver, A Van Baar… - Early human …, 2008 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: Sub-optimal physical growth has been suggested as a key pathway
between the effect of environmental risk and developmental outcome. AIM: To determine if …

Determinants of early child development in rural Tanzania

IG Ribe, E Svensen, BA Lyngmo, E Mduma… - Child and adolescent …, 2018 - Springer
Background It has been estimated that more than 200 million children under the age of five
do not reach their full potential in cognitive development. Much of what we know about brain …

Joint roles of parenting and nutritional status for child development: Evidence from rural Cambodia

J Berkes, A Raikes, A Bouguen… - Developmental …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Substantial work has demonstrated that early nutrition and home environments, including
the degree to which children receive cognitive stimulation and emotional support from …

Inequality, preschool education and cognitive development in Ethiopia: Implication for public investment in pre-primary education

T Woldehanna - International Journal of Behavioral …, 2016 - journals.sagepub.com
This study used longitudinal data from the Young Lives Project in Ethiopia to examine the
main factors relating to preschool access and their potential effects on cognitive …