Young Lives is pleased to work with education specialists to make our data and the real-life stories of the children we work with available for teachers to use in the UK and beyond.

Everyone Counts A free maths resource for 8- to 12-year-olds which uses engaging real-life statistics and stories from Young Lives to develop maths skills and support critical thinking about poverty and inequality. Published in association with Oxfam Education.

Background: There is a well-established link between various measures of socioeconomic status and the schooling achievement and cognition of children. However, less is known about how cognitive development is impacted by childhood improvements in growth, a common indicator of child nutritional status. This study examines the relationship between socioeconomic status and child growth and changes in cognitive achievement scores in adolescents from resource-poor settings.

Understanding how poverty and inequalities impact on children is the major goal of Young Lives, a unique longitudinal, mixed-methods study.