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PDAs in Socio-Economic Surveys: Instrumental Bias, Surveyor Bias or Both?

It is very likely that electronic means of data collection will become a standard for socioeconomic surveys in the near future. As surveys move from paper form to personal digital assistants (PDAs) or tablets there is a need to evaluate if such a shift will affect the quality of the data. To explore the potential biases that data collection through PDAs may generate, we use the third wave of Young Lives-Peru to randomly assign survey respondents between PDA-based questionnaires and paper-based questionnaires.

PDAs in Socio-Economic Surveys: Instrumental Bias, Surveyor Bias or Both?

It is very likely that electronic means of data collection will become a standard for socioeconomic surveys in the near future. As surveys move from paper form to personal digital assistants (PDAs) or tablets there is a need to evaluate if such a shift will affect the quality of the data. To explore the potential biases that data collection through PDAs may generate, we use the third wave of Young Lives-Peru to randomly assign survey respondents between PDA-based questionnaires and paper-based questionnaires.

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What Inequality Means for Children
What Inequality Means for Children
Peru breakfast briefing on Juntos conditional cash transfer programme
Peru breakfast briefing on Juntos conditional cash transfer programme

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What Inequality Means for Children

Our starting point for this paper is that child poverty and inequality are the expression of the political, economic and cultural forces that structure societies – and children’s lives – in terms of the distribution of resources and opportunities in ways that align, to a greater or lesser degree, with ethnicity or caste, religion, gender, urban/rural location, age and generation, etc. We understand inequality as covering a broad spectrum of differences in children’s household circumstances and in their outcomes and opportunities, linked to ethnicity, gender, urban/rural location, etc.

What Inequality Means for Children

Our starting point for this paper is that child poverty and inequality are the expression of the political, economic and cultural forces that structure societies – and children’s lives – in terms of the distribution of resources and opportunities in ways that align, to a greater or lesser degree, with ethnicity or caste, religion, gender, urban/rural location, age and generation, etc. We understand inequality as covering a broad spectrum of differences in children’s household circumstances and in their outcomes and opportunities, linked to ethnicity, gender, urban/rural location, etc.

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Early Education for All: Is there a Role for the Private Sector

It is now widely accepted that early childhood care and education services have an important part to play in ensuring all children get a good start in life. They have the potential to improve young children's health, education and well-being, and yield high rates of return on investment in the formative years of life, offering policymakers a point of intervention that can break the cycle of intergenerational poverty.

Early Education for All: Is there a Role for the Private Sector

It is now widely accepted that early childhood care and education services have an important part to play in ensuring all children get a good start in life. They have the potential to improve young children's health, education and well-being, and yield high rates of return on investment in the formative years of life, offering policymakers a point of intervention that can break the cycle of intergenerational poverty.

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New book: Handbook of early child development research
New book: Handbook of early child development research

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Does Growth in Private Schooling Contribute to Education for All?

This paper informs debates about the potential role for low-fee private schooling in achieving Education for All goals in India. It reports Young Lives' longitudinal data for two cohorts (2,906 children) in the state of Andhra Pradesh. Eight year olds uptake of private schooling increased from 24 per cent (children born in 1994-5) to 44 per cent (children born in 2001-2). Children from rural areas, lower socioeconomic backgrounds and girls continue to be under represented. While some access gaps decreased, the gender gap seems to be widening.

Does Growth in Private Schooling Contribute to Education for All?

This paper informs debates about the potential role for low-fee private schooling in achieving Education for All goals in India. It reports Young Lives' longitudinal data for two cohorts (2,906 children) in the state of Andhra Pradesh. Eight year olds uptake of private schooling increased from 24 per cent (children born in 1994-5) to 44 per cent (children born in 2001-2). Children from rural areas, lower socioeconomic backgrounds and girls continue to be under represented. While some access gaps decreased, the gender gap seems to be widening.

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Young People's Experiences of Growing up in Poverty in Rural Andhra Pradesh, India

Global policy attention has begun to focus on young people in developing countries  and much of the discourse is framed around notions of "transition to adulthood" based on the idea that individuals develop in linear ways, separate from family and community. This idea has already been widely critiqued in western contexts.  This paper explores the lives of children growing up  in rural Andhra Pradesh, India, who are no longer in formal schooling, drawing on data from Young Lives, a longitudinal study of children in four developing countries.

Young People's Experiences of Growing up in Poverty in Rural Andhra Pradesh, India

Global policy attention has begun to focus on young people in developing countries  and much of the discourse is framed around notions of "transition to adulthood" based on the idea that individuals develop in linear ways, separate from family and community. This idea has already been widely critiqued in western contexts.  This paper explores the lives of children growing up  in rural Andhra Pradesh, India, who are no longer in formal schooling, drawing on data from Young Lives, a longitudinal study of children in four developing countries.

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Early Paternal Absence Compromises Peruvian Children's Growth

Considerable evidence suggests that fathers? absence from the home has a negative short and long-term impact on children's health, psychosocial development, cognition, and educational experience. We assessed the impact of father presence during infancy and childhood on children's height-for-age z-score (HAZ) when five years old. We conducted secondary data analysis from a 15-year cohort study (Young Lives) focusing on one of four Young Lives countries (Peru, n = 1,821).

Early Paternal Absence Compromises Peruvian Children's Growth

Considerable evidence suggests that fathers? absence from the home has a negative short and long-term impact on children's health, psychosocial development, cognition, and educational experience. We assessed the impact of father presence during infancy and childhood on children's height-for-age z-score (HAZ) when five years old. We conducted secondary data analysis from a 15-year cohort study (Young Lives) focusing on one of four Young Lives countries (Peru, n = 1,821).

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The Effects of Early Childhood Education Attendance on Cognitive Development

Studies in developed countries indicate that preschool education can have strong impact on children's cognitive development, but there are no studies conducted in the context of developing countries including Ethiopia where pre-school education is left for private sector. To see if government investment in pre-school education is worth, we examined the effects of early childhood education attendance on cognitive development of preschool age children.

The Effects of Early Childhood Education Attendance on Cognitive Development

Studies in developed countries indicate that preschool education can have strong impact on children's cognitive development, but there are no studies conducted in the context of developing countries including Ethiopia where pre-school education is left for private sector. To see if government investment in pre-school education is worth, we examined the effects of early childhood education attendance on cognitive development of preschool age children.

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