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ERIC Number: EJ1197640
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2018-Nov
Pages: 7
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ISSN: ISSN-0165-0254
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Socioeconomic Correlates of Early Child Development: Gradients from Six Countries in the East Asia-Pacific Region
Richards, Ben; Bacon-Shone, John; Rao, Nirmala
International Journal of Behavioral Development, v42 n6 p581-587 Nov 2018
This study examined socioeconomic gradients in different domains of early child development using data from the validation sample of the East Asia-Pacific Early Child Development Scales. The Scales were administered to 7797 3- to 5- year-olds (3889 girls) from Cambodia, China, Mongolia, Papua New Guinea, Timor-Leste, and Vanuatu and children's parents provided information about socioeconomic status (SES). Findings indicated that: (i) with the exception of Motor Development, all SES indicators predicted all domains of development; (ii) SES-development associations were largest for Cognitive Development, Socio-emotional Development, and Language and Emergent Literacy; (iii) wealth and maternal education were the best predictors of early child development; and (iv) significant SES-development associations were found in all countries except Cambodia.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Asia; Cambodia; China; Mongolia; Timor-Leste; Vanuatu; Papua New Guinea
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