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Wealth Index and Risk of Childhood Overweight and Obesity

Objectives: To estimate the incidence and risk of childhood overweight and obesity according to socioeconomic status in Peruvian and Vietnamese school-aged children.

Methods: Longitudinal data from the Young Lives study were analyzed. Exposure was wealth index in tertiles. Outcome was overweight and obesity. Cumulative incidence per 100 children-years, relative risks (RR), and 95 % confidence intervals (95 % CI) were calculated. A hierarchical approach, including child- and family-related variables, was followed to construct multivariable models.

Wealth Index and Risk of Childhood Overweight and Obesity

Objectives: To estimate the incidence and risk of childhood overweight and obesity according to socioeconomic status in Peruvian and Vietnamese school-aged children.

Methods: Longitudinal data from the Young Lives study were analyzed. Exposure was wealth index in tertiles. Outcome was overweight and obesity. Cumulative incidence per 100 children-years, relative risks (RR), and 95 % confidence intervals (95 % CI) were calculated. A hierarchical approach, including child- and family-related variables, was followed to construct multivariable models.

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What can the private sector offer Indian education?
What can the private sector offer Indian education?
Niños del Milenio is awarded Premio PODER in the most important ceremony for Think Tanks in Peru
Niños del Milenio is awarded Premio PODER in the most important ceremony for Think Tanks in Peru
Towards the End of Child Poverty
Towards the End of Child Poverty

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Using Height-for-Age Differences (HAD) instead of Height-for-Age Z-Scores (HAZ) to Assess Catch-up Growth

Article based on Young Lives data from the UK Data Archive  by authors from IFPRI, Cornell University and the University of South Carolina.

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Using Height-for-Age Differences (HAD) instead of Height-for-Age Z-Scores (HAZ) to Assess Catch-up Growth

Article based on Young Lives data from the UK Data Archive  by authors from IFPRI, Cornell University and the University of South Carolina.

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Reviewing 'The Poor Child'
Reviewing 'The Poor Child'

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Can Children in Ethiopian Communities Combine Schooling with Work?

Combining school with work presents challenges for children growing up in contexts of poverty. Drawing on evidence from three rounds of surveys and three rounds of qualitative research with case study children, we examine the complex relationship between school and work in the lives of children in Ethiopian communities studied by Young Lives.

Can Children in Ethiopian Communities Combine Schooling with Work?

Combining school with work presents challenges for children growing up in contexts of poverty. Drawing on evidence from three rounds of surveys and three rounds of qualitative research with case study children, we examine the complex relationship between school and work in the lives of children in Ethiopian communities studied by Young Lives.

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Is Child Work Detrimental to the Educational Achievement of Children? Results from Young Lives in Ethiopia

This paper explores the effect of work on children's school achievement as measured by the Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test (PPVT). Identifying the causal effects of child work on education is made difficult because the choice of work and/or school is made simultaneously and may be determined by the same potentially unobserved factors.Therefore, both ordinary least square and instrumental variable estimation methods were used to identify the effect of work on school achievement.

Is Child Work Detrimental to the Educational Achievement of Children? Results from Young Lives in Ethiopia

This paper explores the effect of work on children's school achievement as measured by the Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test (PPVT). Identifying the causal effects of child work on education is made difficult because the choice of work and/or school is made simultaneously and may be determined by the same potentially unobserved factors.Therefore, both ordinary least square and instrumental variable estimation methods were used to identify the effect of work on school achievement.

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Vietnam and the MDGs: Progress but on-going disparities
Vietnam and the MDGs: Progress but on-going disparities
E-newsletter #18: Focus on Education (October 2015)
E-newsletter #18: Focus on Education (October 2015)
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