Cognitive Development among Young Children in Ecuador: The Roles of Wealth, Health, and Parenting

Autor/inn/en	Paxson, Christina; Schady, Norbert
Titel	Cognitive Development among Young Children in Ecuador: The Roles of Wealth, Health, and Parenting
Quelle	In: Journal of Human Resources, 42 (2007) 1, S.49-84 (36 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0022-166X
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Child Rearing; Child Health; Language Aptitude; Cognitive Development; Socioeconomic Status; Developing Nations; Poverty; Preschool Children; Language Tests; Scores; Ecuador + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Kindererziehung; Sprachbegabung; Spracheignung; Kognitive Entwicklung; Socio-economic status; Sozioökonomischer Status; Developing country; Developing countries; Entwicklungsland; Armut; Pre-school age; Preschool age; Child; Children; Pre-school education; Preschool education; Vorschulalter; Kind; Kinder; Vorschulkind; Vorschulkinder; Vorschulerziehung; Vorschule; Language test; Sprachtest
Abstract	We examine the relationship between early cognitive development, socioeconomic status (SES), child health, and parenting quality in a developing country. We use a sample of more than 3,000 predominantly poor preschool-aged children from Ecuador, and analyze determinants of their scores on a widely used test of language ability. We find that household wealth and parental education are associated with higher scores, and that these associations are larger among older children. Child health and measures of parenting quality are associated with test performance, and account for a fraction, although not the majority, of the association between SES and cognitive development. (Contains 8 tables, 5 figures and 26 footnotes.) (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10