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Methods, Tools and Instruments for Use with Children

This Technical Note focuses on the methods, tools, and instruments that may be useful for research with children in the second and subsequent phases of data collection in the Young Lives study. Specifically, it addresses methods for investigating the following two lines of enquiry:

Methods, Tools and Instruments for Use with Children

This Technical Note focuses on the methods, tools, and instruments that may be useful for research with children in the second and subsequent phases of data collection in the Young Lives study. Specifically, it addresses methods for investigating the following two lines of enquiry:

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Children’s Perspectives on their Young Lives

This Technical Note is a report of piloting work carried out in Peru before the first round of qualitative sub-sample research. The pilot project aimed to implement and develop methods for these sub-studies, especially the use of semi- structured methods with groups of children to gather both quantitative and qualitative data. The methods were identified through an extensive review of literature detailing participatory, quantitative and qualitative work with children and adults and developed for the specific age groups and research questions.

Children’s Perspectives on their Young Lives

This Technical Note is a report of piloting work carried out in Peru before the first round of qualitative sub-sample research. The pilot project aimed to implement and develop methods for these sub-studies, especially the use of semi- structured methods with groups of children to gather both quantitative and qualitative data. The methods were identified through an extensive review of literature detailing participatory, quantitative and qualitative work with children and adults and developed for the specific age groups and research questions.

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Childhood Poverty in Vietnam: A Review

Childhood poverty is a complex, multi-dimensional and context-specific problem. This complexity of childhood poverty is not easily captured by available quantitative data. Rather than trying to break new ground, this paper aims to systematically review the literature on child poverty in Vietnam in the context of a more general debate on poverty in Vietnam. Discussion will focus on quantitative perspectives and is broadly divided into four areas:health, nutrition, education and child labour. The overall main findings from literature can be summarised as follows:

Childhood Poverty in Vietnam: A Review

Childhood poverty is a complex, multi-dimensional and context-specific problem. This complexity of childhood poverty is not easily captured by available quantitative data. Rather than trying to break new ground, this paper aims to systematically review the literature on child poverty in Vietnam in the context of a more general debate on poverty in Vietnam. Discussion will focus on quantitative perspectives and is broadly divided into four areas:health, nutrition, education and child labour. The overall main findings from literature can be summarised as follows:

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Physical Long-term Health Problems and Mental Comorbidity

Objective: The mental health of children living in low-income countries remains a neglected research area despite the high burden of disease. This study is one of the first that examines the effects of long-term physical health problems on child mental health disorders in a low-income country and investigates whether this association is modified by the socio-economic status of the child's family.

Physical Long-term Health Problems and Mental Comorbidity

Objective: The mental health of children living in low-income countries remains a neglected research area despite the high burden of disease. This study is one of the first that examines the effects of long-term physical health problems on child mental health disorders in a low-income country and investigates whether this association is modified by the socio-economic status of the child's family.

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Early Childhood Transitions Research: A Review of Concepts, Theory and Practice

Children face many important changes in the first eight years of life, including different learning centres, social groups, roles and expectations. Their ability to adapt to such a dynamic and evolving environment directly affects their sense of identity and status within their community over the short and long term. In particular, the key turning points in children's lives - such as graduating from kindergarten to primary school or going through a culturally specific rite of passage - provide challenges and opportunities for learning and growth on multiple levels.

Early Childhood Transitions Research: A Review of Concepts, Theory and Practice

Children face many important changes in the first eight years of life, including different learning centres, social groups, roles and expectations. Their ability to adapt to such a dynamic and evolving environment directly affects their sense of identity and status within their community over the short and long term. In particular, the key turning points in children's lives - such as graduating from kindergarten to primary school or going through a culturally specific rite of passage - provide challenges and opportunities for learning and growth on multiple levels.

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The Impact of Child Labour on the Educational Achievement of Children in Vietnam

The incidence of child labour in the World today is very high, particularly in Third World countries and an extensive literature exists on the causes of this phenomenon. However there has been little investigation into the consequences of child labour on socioeconomic outcomes of which the educational attainment of the children is one.

The Impact of Child Labour on the Educational Achievement of Children in Vietnam

The incidence of child labour in the World today is very high, particularly in Third World countries and an extensive literature exists on the causes of this phenomenon. However there has been little investigation into the consequences of child labour on socioeconomic outcomes of which the educational attainment of the children is one.

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Childhood Poverty and Evidence-based Policy Engagement in Ethiopia

This paper explores efforts to bridge multi-disciplinary research and policy engagement to tackle childhood poverty in developing country contexts, based on the experiences of Young Lives, an international longitudinal policy research project.  It focuses on a case study involving the utilisation of research evidence on childhood poverty to shape policy debates about Ethiopia?s second generation Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (2006-10).

Childhood Poverty and Evidence-based Policy Engagement in Ethiopia

This paper explores efforts to bridge multi-disciplinary research and policy engagement to tackle childhood poverty in developing country contexts, based on the experiences of Young Lives, an international longitudinal policy research project.  It focuses on a case study involving the utilisation of research evidence on childhood poverty to shape policy debates about Ethiopia?s second generation Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (2006-10).

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The Impact of Climatic Shocks on Child Nutrition in Peru

This paper examines the impact of climatic shocks on young children's nutritional indicators, using the Peruvian Young Lives project data set. Special attention is given to child nutrition and climatic shocks, since malnutrition in young children may have long-term negative effects, and the covariate nature of climatic shocks may make them more difficult to cope with than other shocks. This paper finds that climatic shocks led to a significant increase in child stunting, reducing the height-for-age z-score of five-year-old children by 10%.

The Impact of Climatic Shocks on Child Nutrition in Peru

This paper examines the impact of climatic shocks on young children's nutritional indicators, using the Peruvian Young Lives project data set. Special attention is given to child nutrition and climatic shocks, since malnutrition in young children may have long-term negative effects, and the covariate nature of climatic shocks may make them more difficult to cope with than other shocks. This paper finds that climatic shocks led to a significant increase in child stunting, reducing the height-for-age z-score of five-year-old children by 10%.

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Using the New World Health Organization Growth Standards

Objective: To compare differences in child nutritional status and the prevalence of wasting, stunting, and underweight between the new World Health Organization (WHO) standards based on healthy optimally fed children from different cultures and the international National Centre for Health Statistics (NCHS)/WHO references using empirical data from the first round of a longitudinal panel study.

Using the New World Health Organization Growth Standards

Objective: To compare differences in child nutritional status and the prevalence of wasting, stunting, and underweight between the new World Health Organization (WHO) standards based on healthy optimally fed children from different cultures and the international National Centre for Health Statistics (NCHS)/WHO references using empirical data from the first round of a longitudinal panel study.

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The Invisibility of Children's Paid and Unpaid Work

The complexities of intergenerational and gendered intra-household resource allocations are frequently overlooked in poverty reduction policies. To address this lacuna, this article focuses on links between macro-development policies and children's paid and unpaid work burden in Ethiopia.

The Invisibility of Children's Paid and Unpaid Work

The complexities of intergenerational and gendered intra-household resource allocations are frequently overlooked in poverty reduction policies. To address this lacuna, this article focuses on links between macro-development policies and children's paid and unpaid work burden in Ethiopia.

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