About the QLSCD (1998-2010)

(Québec Institute of Statistics) in collaboration with various partners (listed on the back cover). The goal of this study is to gain a better understanding of the trajectories which, during early childhood, lead to children’s success or failure in the education system. The target population of the...

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Main Authors: Hélène Desrosiers, Valeriu Dumitru, Lise Dubois
Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
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Language:English
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Online Access:http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.392.9829
http://www.jesuisjeserai.stat.gouv.qc.ca/pdf/publications/feuillet/Fasc3Vol4_an.pdf
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Summary:(Québec Institute of Statistics) in collaboration with various partners (listed on the back cover). The goal of this study is to gain a better understanding of the trajectories which, during early childhood, lead to children’s success or failure in the education system. The target population of the QLSCD comprises children (singleton births) born to mothers residing in Québec in 1997-1998, with the exception of those whose mother, at the time of the child’s birth, were living in certain administrative regions of the province (Nord-du-Québec, Cree or Inuit lands) or on Indian reserves. Certain children were also excluded because of constraints related to the sample frame or major health problems. The initial sample eligible for longitudinal monitoring comprised 2,120 children. The children were followed annually from the age of 5 months to 8 years, and since then are being