ERIC Number: ED356076
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1993-Jan-25
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Economic Deprivation and Early-Childhood Development.
Duncan, Greg J.; And Others
This study used longitudinal data from the Infant Health and Development Program (IHDP) to examine three issues regarding effects of economic deprivation on child development: (1) the effects on children's developmental outcomes of poverty and such poverty correlates as single parenthood, ethnicity, and maternal education; (2) the developmental consequences of the duration and timing of family economic deprivation; and (3) the comparative influence of economic deprivation at the family and neighborhood level. The IHDP was an eight-site clinical trial that tested the efficacy of educational and family-support services and high quality pediatric follow-up in the first 3 years of life in reducing the incidence of developmental delay in low-birthweight, preterm infants. Analysis of data showed that family income and poverty status were powerful correlates of children's cognitive development and behavior. Although the duration of poverty was a significant factor, its timing in early childhood was not. Five-year-olds' IQs were higher in neighborhoods with greater concentrations of affluent neighbors, while the prevalence of low-income neighbors appeared to increase the incidence of externalizing behavior problems. (Contains 104 references.) (MM)
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Birth Weight, Child Development, Child Health, Cognitive Development, Disadvantaged Environment, Disadvantaged Youth, Economically Disadvantaged, Environmental Influences, Family Characteristics, Longitudinal Studies, Poverty, Preschool Children, Preschool Education, Social Behavior
Publication Type: Speeches/Meeting Papers; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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