Early Childhood Development and Schooling Attainment: Longitudinal Evidence from British, Finnish and Philippine Birth Cohorts

While recent literature has highlighted the importance of early childhood development for later life outcomes, comparatively little is known regarding the relative importance of early physical and cognitive development in predicting educational attainment cross-culturally. We used prospective data f...

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Published in:PloS one 2015-09, Vol.10 (9), p.e0137219
Main Authors: Peet, Evan D., McCoy, Dana C., Danaei, Goodarz, Ezzati, Majid, Fawzi, Wafaie, Jarvelin, Marjo-Riitta, Pillas, Demetris, Fink, Günther
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Age
Child
Child development
Child Development - physiology
Child, Preschool
Childhood
Children
Cognition - physiology
Cognitive ability
Cognitive development
Cohort analysis
Cohort Studies
Diabetes
Early childhood education
Economic development
Education
Educational attainment
Epidemiology
Female
Finland
Heat affected zone
Heterogeneity
Humans
Intelligence tests
Labor market
Longitudinal Studies
Male
Middle Aged
Nutrition
Nutrition Assessment
Nutrition surveys
Philippines
Physical Education and Training
Physiological aspects
Population
Pregnancy
Public health
Regression analysis
Regression models
Schools
Science
Social aspects
Socio-economic aspects
Socioeconomic Factors
Studies
Teaching methods
United Kingdom
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