Parents' education, mothers' vocabulary, and cognitive development in early childhood: Longitudinal evidence from Ecuador

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 101, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2299-2307

  Schady, Norbert ^a  

^a INTER AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ECUADOR; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE TEST; LINGUISTICS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MOTHER; NUTRITIONAL DISORDER; PARENT; POVERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RURAL POPULATION;

ADULT; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD NUTRITION DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ECUADOR; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE TESTS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MOTHERS; PARENTS; POVERTY AREAS; RURAL POPULATION; VOCABULARY;

EID: 81555226635     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2011.300253     Document Type: Article

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