Journal article
Acquisition of maternal education and its relation to single-word reading in middle childhood: An analysis of the millennium cohort study
T King, C McKean, R Rush, EM Westrupp, FK Mensah, S Reilly, J Law
Merrill Palmer Quarterly | WAYNE STATE UNIV PRESS | Published : 2017
Abstract
Maternal education captured at a single time point is commonly employed as a predictor of a child’s cognitive development. In this article, we ask what bearing the acquisition of additional qualifications has upon reading performance in middle childhood. This was a secondary analysis of the United Kingdom’s Millennium Cohort Study, a cohort of 18,000 children born in 2000. Our outcome variable was Single-Word Reading from the British Abilities Scales at 7 years. Predictors included maternal age and education, relative poverty, and parity. Increasing maternal education over time was associated with improved child outcomes, with a 2-month developmental advantage for children whose mothers had ..
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Funding Acknowledgements
We are pleased to acknowledge the contribution of the parents and children to the Millennium Cohort Study (doi:10.5255/UKDA-SN-6411-2). The work was conducted as part of the work of the Centre for Research Excellence in Child Language funded through the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) in Australia (APP1023493). This study was also supported by funding from a NHMRC-funded Early Career Fellowship (FKM 1037449), and a NHMRC-funded Practitioner Fellowship (SR 1041892). Research at the Murdoch Children's Research Institute is supported by the Victorian Government's Operational Infrastructure Support Program.