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Determinants of Malnutrition among Children in Andhra Pradesh, India

This essay looks into two main determinants of child health: income and education, using a panel dataset from India. Impact of per capita consumption expenditure on child nutritional status is investigated using a number of estimation methods including two stage least squares and panel methods. Income effect is found to explain only between 0 to 34 percent of the improvement in child health. Maternal education effect on child nutritional status is found to be stronger in urban areas and among the wealthier.

Determinants of Malnutrition among Children in Andhra Pradesh, India

This essay looks into two main determinants of child health: income and education, using a panel dataset from India. Impact of per capita consumption expenditure on child nutritional status is investigated using a number of estimation methods including two stage least squares and panel methods. Income effect is found to explain only between 0 to 34 percent of the improvement in child health. Maternal education effect on child nutritional status is found to be stronger in urban areas and among the wealthier.

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Beyond the rhetoric: understanding the links between child labour and education
Beyond the rhetoric: understanding the links between child labour and education

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Young Lives Theory of Change

We are one among many actors working to bring about positive change in children’s lives. We believe that the policies and programmes intended to support children and young people are more likely to be effective (and cost-effective) if they are based on rigorous evidence about children’s experiences, development and outcomes, and that longitudinal analysis has a particular role to play by allowing us to see how children’s lives change over time and how children’s outcomes are shaped, both by their earliest circumstances as well as risks and opportunities through to adulthood.

Young Lives Theory of Change

We are one among many actors working to bring about positive change in children’s lives. We believe that the policies and programmes intended to support children and young people are more likely to be effective (and cost-effective) if they are based on rigorous evidence about children’s experiences, development and outcomes, and that longitudinal analysis has a particular role to play by allowing us to see how children’s lives change over time and how children’s outcomes are shaped, both by their earliest circumstances as well as risks and opportunities through to adulthood.

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E-newsletter #17: Children's Work (June 2015)
E-newsletter #17: Children's Work (June 2015)
New book: Gender Violence in Poverty Contexts: The Educational Challenge
New book: Gender Violence in Poverty Contexts: The Educational Challenge
New book: Children's Work and Labour in East Africa
New book: Children's Work and Labour in East Africa
As more children have enrolled in schools in India, learning levels have declined
As more children have enrolled in schools in India, learning levels have declined

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The Reliability and Validity of Achievement Tests in the Young Lives Ethiopia School Survey Round 2

This technical note gives details of the reliability and validity of the assessments used in the second school survey carried out by Young Lives in Ethiopia for the purpose of the construction of test scores on a common scale within each language for maths and reading comprehension. This document give details of the three-parameter model used to build the achievement scores in both content areas. We tested graphically for item fit and item bias (by gender and wave).

The Reliability and Validity of Achievement Tests in the Young Lives Ethiopia School Survey Round 2

This technical note gives details of the reliability and validity of the assessments used in the second school survey carried out by Young Lives in Ethiopia for the purpose of the construction of test scores on a common scale within each language for maths and reading comprehension. This document give details of the three-parameter model used to build the achievement scores in both content areas. We tested graphically for item fit and item bias (by gender and wave).

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Equating Children’s PPVT Scores Across Survey Rounds and Age Cohorts in Peru

Young Lives gathers information from children and families through household and child questionnaires as well as children’s cognitive and achievement tests. The Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test (PPVT) has been used in all survey rounds to date and with both age cohorts. This technical note presents the psychometric analysis performed (using Item Response Theory, IRT) in order to build cognitive measures comparable across Rounds 2 and 3 and the Younger and Older Cohorts for Peru. To achieve this, a one-parameter IRT model was used.

Equating Children’s PPVT Scores Across Survey Rounds and Age Cohorts in Peru

Young Lives gathers information from children and families through household and child questionnaires as well as children’s cognitive and achievement tests. The Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test (PPVT) has been used in all survey rounds to date and with both age cohorts. This technical note presents the psychometric analysis performed (using Item Response Theory, IRT) in order to build cognitive measures comparable across Rounds 2 and 3 and the Younger and Older Cohorts for Peru. To achieve this, a one-parameter IRT model was used.

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21 ways the SDGs can have the best impact on girls
21 ways the SDGs can have the best impact on girls
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