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Maternal group participation and child nutritional status in Peru

Using data from the Peruvian sample of the Young Lives study, this paper investigates the association between maternal group participation and child nutritional status at the ages of 1 and 5 years. This study finds that the relationship between child nutrition and maternal group participation depends on the level of maternal education. In fact, maternal group participation is positively associated with child height‐for‐age when children were 1 year old, for those children whose mothers had had no formal education. This same association fades at 5 years of age.

Maternal group participation and child nutritional status in Peru

Using data from the Peruvian sample of the Young Lives study, this paper investigates the association between maternal group participation and child nutritional status at the ages of 1 and 5 years. This study finds that the relationship between child nutrition and maternal group participation depends on the level of maternal education. In fact, maternal group participation is positively associated with child height‐for‐age when children were 1 year old, for those children whose mothers had had no formal education. This same association fades at 5 years of age.

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Psychosocial Scales in the Young Lives Round 4 Survey: Selection, Adaptation and Validation

The importance of positive psychosocial functioning for children’s current well-being and for their future outcomes is recognised across a range of disciplines, yet research on the psychosocial development of individuals in developing countries is in its infancy.

Young Lives has contributed to closing this knowledge gap through extensive data collection on a range of measures of psychosocial skill domains, administered in schools and households in developing countries, where large-scale survey data that include measures of psychosocial constructs are rare.

Psychosocial Scales in the Young Lives Round 4 Survey: Selection, Adaptation and Validation

The importance of positive psychosocial functioning for children’s current well-being and for their future outcomes is recognised across a range of disciplines, yet research on the psychosocial development of individuals in developing countries is in its infancy.

Young Lives has contributed to closing this knowledge gap through extensive data collection on a range of measures of psychosocial skill domains, administered in schools and households in developing countries, where large-scale survey data that include measures of psychosocial constructs are rare.

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Effect of preschool education on cognitive achievement and subjective wellbeing at age 12: evidence from India

This mixed methods study draws upon Young Lives India longitudinal data to analyse whether children who attended private preschools demonstrate higher cognitive skills and enhanced subjective wellbeing at the age of 12 compared to those who attended government preschools in India. Using linear logistic regression models, the analysis reveals that children who attended private preschools have significantly higher mathematics scores and more positive subjective wellbeing than those in government preschools. The propensity score matching technique further substantiates this finding.

Effect of preschool education on cognitive achievement and subjective wellbeing at age 12: evidence from India

This mixed methods study draws upon Young Lives India longitudinal data to analyse whether children who attended private preschools demonstrate higher cognitive skills and enhanced subjective wellbeing at the age of 12 compared to those who attended government preschools in India. Using linear logistic regression models, the analysis reveals that children who attended private preschools have significantly higher mathematics scores and more positive subjective wellbeing than those in government preschools. The propensity score matching technique further substantiates this finding.

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Association between Hib vaccination and child anthropometric outcomes in Andhra Pradesh: Evidence from the Young Lives Study

This article published in the Journal of Public Health: From Theory to Practice  2017, 25 (6)  uses Young Lives data from India to examine the association between the Haemophilus influenza type B (Hib) vaccination and child anthropometric outcomes in India.

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Association between Hib vaccination and child anthropometric outcomes in Andhra Pradesh: Evidence from the Young Lives Study

This article published in the Journal of Public Health: From Theory to Practice  2017, 25 (6)  uses Young Lives data from India to examine the association between the Haemophilus influenza type B (Hib) vaccination and child anthropometric outcomes in India.

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Consequences of forced migration during early childhood on cognitive well-being in later childhood in Andhra Pradesh, India

This article published in the International Journal of Population Studies 2017, 3 (2) uses Young Lives data from India to explore the consequences of forced migration during early childhood on cognitive well-being in later childhood.

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Consequences of forced migration during early childhood on cognitive well-being in later childhood in Andhra Pradesh, India

This article published in the International Journal of Population Studies 2017, 3 (2) uses Young Lives data from India to explore the consequences of forced migration during early childhood on cognitive well-being in later childhood.

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Why do some adolescents discontinue education?
Why do some adolescents discontinue education?

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Ethnic gaps in child education outcomes in Vietnam: an investigation using Young Lives data

This journal article uses Young Lives data from Vietnam to explore ethnic gaps in child educational outcomes, and is published as a journal article in Education Economics (February 2018). The author's abstract reads:

Ethnic gaps in child education outcomes in Vietnam: an investigation using Young Lives data

This journal article uses Young Lives data from Vietnam to explore ethnic gaps in child educational outcomes, and is published as a journal article in Education Economics (February 2018). The author's abstract reads:

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Beyond Monetary Poverty Analysis: The Dynamics of Multidimensional Child Poverty in Developing Countries

This article investigates transitions in monetary and multidimensional poverty using the 2006 and 2009 Young Lives surveys in Ethiopia, India, Peru, and Vietnam. While the headcount ratio in both measures of poverty decreases over time, author Hoolda Kim finds that there is only a small overlap between the groups in monetary and multidimensional poverty in either or both waves. Kim also notes that children remaining in monetary poverty are more likely to stay in multidimensional poverty.

Beyond Monetary Poverty Analysis: The Dynamics of Multidimensional Child Poverty in Developing Countries

This article investigates transitions in monetary and multidimensional poverty using the 2006 and 2009 Young Lives surveys in Ethiopia, India, Peru, and Vietnam. While the headcount ratio in both measures of poverty decreases over time, author Hoolda Kim finds that there is only a small overlap between the groups in monetary and multidimensional poverty in either or both waves. Kim also notes that children remaining in monetary poverty are more likely to stay in multidimensional poverty.

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Decomposing the Urban-Rural Schooling Gap in Ethiopia (2006-2013)

This thesis uses Young Lives data and was submitted in part fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of DPhil in Economics for Development, University of Minnesota.

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Decomposing the Urban-Rural Schooling Gap in Ethiopia (2006-2013)

This thesis uses Young Lives data and was submitted in part fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of DPhil in Economics for Development, University of Minnesota.

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Child Work and Academic Achievement: Evidence from Young Lives in Ethiopia

This thesis uses Young Lives data and was submitted in part fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of DPhil in Economics for Development, University of Minnesota. The author's introduction reads:

Child Work and Academic Achievement: Evidence from Young Lives in Ethiopia

This thesis uses Young Lives data and was submitted in part fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of DPhil in Economics for Development, University of Minnesota. The author's introduction reads:

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