The Effect of Low Birthweight on the Health, Behavior, and School Performance of School-Aged Children / Hope Corman, Stephen Chaikind.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Corman, Hope.

Contributor:

National Bureau of Economic Research.

Chaikind, Stephen.

Series:

Working Paper Series (National Bureau of Economic Research) no. w4409.

NBER working paper series no. w4409

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource: illustrations (black and white);

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. National Bureau of Economic Research 1993.

Summary:

This study uses the 1988 Child Health Supplement of the National Health Interview Survey to examine the performance of school-aged children who were of low birthweight. We examine a number of indicators of school performance, health, and behavior. We examine these effects separately for children ages 6 to 10 and for children ages 11 to 15. In addition, we examine two sets of the age cohorts: one where all children are included, and one which excludes children who are attending special education. The latter category is meant to examine children who have not been identified as having problems in school which require special services. We find that low birthweight children are more likely to perform poorly in school than their normal birthweight peers, and they are more likely to experience health problems, even into their adolescence. We do not find significantly more behavior problems for low birthweight children compared to their normal birthweight peers.

Notes:

Print version record

July 1993.