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Direct linkCatalina Rey-Guerra; Aisha K. Yousafzai; Eric Dearing – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2024
Gender differences in early childhood development are under-researched in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) where almost 90% of the world's young children live. This study examines the direction, magnitude, and variation of gender similarities and differences in 3- and 4-year-olds' early childhood development in 71 low- and middle-income…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preschool Children, Gender Differences, Child Development
Peer reviewedVan Heerden, J. R. – International Journal of Early Childhood, 1984
Reviews the effects of malnutrition during pregnancy and before the age of three on children's brain development and subsequent mental development. Describes marasmus, kwashiorkor, and the incidence of malnutrition in South Africa. Discusses the relationship between the culture of poverty, malnutrition, and illegitimacy. Urges South Africans to…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Developing Nations, Foreign Countries, Infants
Peer reviewedEngle, Patrice L. – Child Development, 1991
A study of 8 to 35 month olds found that informally employed mothers had more undernourished children than did formally employed or nonworking mothers. With maternal education controlled for, no effects of maternal employment on children's growth patterns were found. Percentage of family income earned by the mother was associated with children's…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Body Height, Body Weight, Day Care
Ferreira, M. C. Rossetti; And Others – 1983
A study was conducted to critically assess the developmental conditions of 187 children (ages 1 month to 6 years) in eight creches (day nurseries) located in and around Ribeirao Preto, Brazil. Data were collected through informal interviews of day care staff and from 20 hours of direct observations of day care units. Findings indicated inadequate…
Descriptors: Action Research, Child Caregivers, Child Development, Cognitive Measurement
Download full textYoung, Harben Boutourline – 1972
This annual report of the Yale Project describes the progress made on the nutrition and growth study of Tunisian children from September 1, 1971 through August 31, 1972. The report details: (1) the progress in analysis of the cross-sectional study data, which was completed as of June 30, 1972, and (2) the development of the present longitudinal…
Descriptors: Child Development, Children, Cross Sectional Studies, Developing Nations
Young, Harben Boutourline – 1973
This interim report of the Yale Project describes the progress made on the nutrition and growth study of Tunisian children from September 1, 1972 through February 28, 1973. A major part of the report is devoted to the organizational and data collection problems of the longitudinal study, discussed under the following categories: biomedics,…
Descriptors: Children, Cross Sectional Studies, Developing Nations, Foreign Countries
