Poverty, physical stature, and cognitive skills: Mechanisms underlying children's school enrollment in zambia

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 600-614

  McCoy, Dana Charles ^a   Zuilkowski, Stephanie Simmons ^b   Fink, Günther ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Child development; Cognition; Poverty; Sub Saharan Africa; Zambia

Indexed keywords

BODY HEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MALE; POVERTY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STUDENT; ZAMBIA;

BODY HEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; COHORT STUDIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; POVERTY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STUDENTS; ZAMBIA;

EID: 84928576647     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0038924     Document Type: Article

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