Early-Childhood Poverty and Adult Attainment, Behavior, and Health

This article assesses the consequences of poverty between a child's prenatal year and 5th birthday for several adult achievement, health, and behavior outcomes, measured as late as age 37. Using data from the Panel Study of Income Dynamics (1,589) and controlling for economic conditions in midd...

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Published in:Child development 2010-01, Vol.81 (1), p.306-325
Main Authors: Duncan, Greg J., Ziol-Guest, Kathleen M., Kalil, Ariel
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Achievement
Adolescent
Adult
Adulthood
Adults
Age
Age Factors
Behavior
Behavioral Measures
Behavioural psychology
Caregiving, Context, and Outcomes
Child
Child development
Child, Preschool
Childbearing
Childhood
Children
Correlation
Demographics
Developmental psychology
Early childhood
Earnings
Economic conditions
Economic Factors
Female
Health
Health behaviour
Health outcomes
Health Status
Humans
Income
Income - statistics & numerical data
Income estimates
Infancy
Longitudinal Studies
Low income
Male
Poverty
Poverty line
Prenatal Influences
Social Class
Socioeconomic factors
Statistical Analysis
Surveys
United States
Work hours
Working Hours
Workload - statistics & numerical data
Young Children
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Summary:This article assesses the consequences of poverty between a child's prenatal year and 5th birthday for several adult achievement, health, and behavior outcomes, measured as late as age 37. Using data from the Panel Study of Income Dynamics (1,589) and controlling for economic conditions in middle childhood and adolescence, as well as demographic conditions at the time of the birth, findings indicate statistically significant and, in some cases, quantitatively large detrimental effects of early poverty on a number of attainment-related outcomes (adult earnings and work hours). Early-childhood poverty was not associated with such behavioral measures as out-of-wedlock childbearing and arrests. Most of the adult earnings effects appear to operate through early poverty's association with adult work hours.
ISSN:0009-3920
1467-8624
DOI:10.1111/j.1467-8624.2009.01396.x