Profiles of language development in pre-school children: A longitudinal latent class analysis of data from the Early Language in Victoria Study

Child: Care, Health and Development

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 341-349

  Ukoumunne, O C ^a   Wake, M ^b,c,d   Carlin, J ^b,c,d   Bavin, E L ^e   Lum, J ^f   Skeat, J ^b   Williams, J ^b   Conway, L ^b   Cini, E ^b   Reilly, S ^b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b MURDOCH CHILDREN'S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^e LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^f DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Development; Impairment; Language; Latent class analysis; Predictors; Profiles

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CLASSIFICATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL; SOCIOECONOMICS;

CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; SCHOOLS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; VICTORIA;

EID: 84859444897     PISSN: 03051862     EISSN: 13652214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2214.2011.01234.x     Document Type: Article

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