Tracing the consequences of child poverty : evidence from the young lives study of Ethiopia, India, Peru and Vietnam / Jo Boyden [and three others].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Boyden, Jo, author.

Contributor:

Dawes, Andrew

Dornan, Paul

Tredoux, Colin

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Child development--Longitudinal studies.

Child development.

Poverty--Social aspects--Longitudinal studies.

Poverty.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (204)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Bristol Policy Press 2019

Bristol, England : Policy Press, 2019.

Language Note:

English.

Summary:

Available Open Access under CC-BY-NC licence. Using life course analysis from the Young Lives study of 12,000 children growing up in Ethiopia, India, Peru and Vietnam over the past 15 years, this book draws on evidence on two cohorts of children, aged from 1 to 15 and from 8 to 22. It examines how poverty affects children’s development in low and middle income countries, and how policy has been used to improve their lives, then goes on to show when key developmental differences occur. It uses new evidence to develop a framework of what matters most and when and outlines effective policy approaches to inform the no-one left behind Sustainable Development Goal agenda.

Contents:

Front Matter

Contents

List of figures and tables

Notes on authors

Acknowledgements

Introduction: From surviving to thriving?

The Young Lives design and conceptual framework

Growing up in a time of extraordinary change

Early childhood: The essential foundation

Middle childhood: A key time for healthy development and learning

Adolescence and youth: A time of responsibility and transformation

Modelling the development of language and mathematics abilities from early childhood to adolescence

Conclusion: Learning from the experiences of Young Lives children

References

Appendix 1: How Young Lives measures cognitive skills

Appendix 2: Growth recovery - is it real or an artefact of measurement?

Appendix 3: Variables used in analyses of predictors of the development of language and mathematics abilities from 5 to 15 years

Index

Notes:

Includes index.

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Description based on: online resource; title from pdf title page (JSTOR, viewed July 13, 2020).

OCLC:

1091008382