Early Childhood Development and Schooling Attainment: Longitudinal Evidence from British, Finnish and Philippine Birth Cohorts
Background: 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. Methods: We us...
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ftharvardudash:oai:dash.harvard.edu:1/22856896 2023-05-15T17:42:44+02:00 Early Childhood Development and Schooling Attainment: Longitudinal Evidence from British, Finnish and Philippine Birth Cohorts Peet, Evan D. McCoy, Dana C. Danaei, Goodarz Ezzati, Majid Fawzi, Wafaie Jarvelin, Marjo-Riitta Pillas, Demetris Fink, Günther 2015 application/pdf http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:22856896 https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0137219 en_US eng Public Library of Science doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0137219 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4564180/pdf/ PLoS ONE Peet, Evan D., Dana C. McCoy, Goodarz Danaei, Majid Ezzati, Wafaie Fawzi, Marjo-Riitta Jarvelin, Demetris Pillas, and Günther Fink. 2015. “Early Childhood Development and Schooling Attainment: Longitudinal Evidence from British, Finnish and Philippine Birth Cohorts.” PLoS ONE 10 (9): e0137219. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0137219. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0137219. 1932-6203 http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:22856896 Journal Article 2015 ftharvardudash https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0137219 2022-04-05T18:27:19Z Background: 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. Methods: We used prospective data from three birth cohorts: the Northern Finland Birth Cohort of 1986 (NFBC1986), the 1970 British Cohort Study (BCS1970), and the Cebu Longitudinal Health and Nutrition Survey of 1983 (CLHNS) to assess the association of height-for-age z-score (HAZ) and cognitive development measured prior to age 8 with schooling attainment. Multivariate linear regression models were used to estimate baseline and adjusted associations. Results: Both physical and cognitive development were highly predictive of adult educational attainment conditional on parental characteristics. The largest positive associations between physical development and schooling were found in the CLHNS (β = 0.53, 95%-CI: [0.32, 0.74]) with substantially smaller associations in the BCS1970 (β = 0.10, 95% CI [0.04, 0.16]) and the NFBC1986 (β = 0.06, 95% CI [-0.05, 0.16]). Strong associations between cognitive development and educational attainment were found for all three cohorts (NFBC1986: β = 0.22, 95%-CI: [0.12, 0.31], BCS1970: β = 0.58, 95%-CI: [0.52, 0.64], CLHNS: β = 1.08, 95%-CI: [0.88, 1.27]). Models jointly estimating educational associations of physical and cognitive development demonstrated weaker associations for physical development and minimal changes for cognitive development. Conclusion: The results indicate that although physical and cognitive early development are both important predictors of educational attainment, cognitive development appears to play a particularly important role. The large degree of heterogeneity in the observed effect sizes suggest that the importance of early life physical growth and cognitive development is highly dependent on socioeconomic and institutional contexts. Version of Record Article in Journal/Newspaper Northern Finland Harvard University: DASH - Digital Access to Scholarship at Harvard PLOS ONE 10 9 e0137219 |
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Background: 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. Methods: We used prospective data from three birth cohorts: the Northern Finland Birth Cohort of 1986 (NFBC1986), the 1970 British Cohort Study (BCS1970), and the Cebu Longitudinal Health and Nutrition Survey of 1983 (CLHNS) to assess the association of height-for-age z-score (HAZ) and cognitive development measured prior to age 8 with schooling attainment. Multivariate linear regression models were used to estimate baseline and adjusted associations. Results: Both physical and cognitive development were highly predictive of adult educational attainment conditional on parental characteristics. The largest positive associations between physical development and schooling were found in the CLHNS (β = 0.53, 95%-CI: [0.32, 0.74]) with substantially smaller associations in the BCS1970 (β = 0.10, 95% CI [0.04, 0.16]) and the NFBC1986 (β = 0.06, 95% CI [-0.05, 0.16]). Strong associations between cognitive development and educational attainment were found for all three cohorts (NFBC1986: β = 0.22, 95%-CI: [0.12, 0.31], BCS1970: β = 0.58, 95%-CI: [0.52, 0.64], CLHNS: β = 1.08, 95%-CI: [0.88, 1.27]). Models jointly estimating educational associations of physical and cognitive development demonstrated weaker associations for physical development and minimal changes for cognitive development. Conclusion: The results indicate that although physical and cognitive early development are both important predictors of educational attainment, cognitive development appears to play a particularly important role. The large degree of heterogeneity in the observed effect sizes suggest that the importance of early life physical growth and cognitive development is highly dependent on socioeconomic and institutional contexts. Version of Record |
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Peet, Evan D. McCoy, Dana C. Danaei, Goodarz Ezzati, Majid Fawzi, Wafaie Jarvelin, Marjo-Riitta Pillas, Demetris Fink, Günther Early Childhood Development and Schooling Attainment: Longitudinal Evidence from British, Finnish and Philippine Birth Cohorts |
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Early Childhood Development and Schooling Attainment: Longitudinal Evidence from British, Finnish and Philippine Birth Cohorts |
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Early Childhood Development and Schooling Attainment: Longitudinal Evidence from British, Finnish and Philippine Birth Cohorts |
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Early Childhood Development and Schooling Attainment: Longitudinal Evidence from British, Finnish and Philippine Birth Cohorts |
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Early Childhood Development and Schooling Attainment: Longitudinal Evidence from British, Finnish and Philippine Birth Cohorts |
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Early Childhood Development and Schooling Attainment: Longitudinal Evidence from British, Finnish and Philippine Birth Cohorts |
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early childhood development and schooling attainment: longitudinal evidence from british, finnish and philippine birth cohorts |
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doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0137219 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4564180/pdf/ PLoS ONE Peet, Evan D., Dana C. McCoy, Goodarz Danaei, Majid Ezzati, Wafaie Fawzi, Marjo-Riitta Jarvelin, Demetris Pillas, and Günther Fink. 2015. “Early Childhood Development and Schooling Attainment: Longitudinal Evidence from British, Finnish and Philippine Birth Cohorts.” PLoS ONE 10 (9): e0137219. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0137219. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0137219. 1932-6203 http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:22856896 |
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