Joint Roles of Parenting and Nutritional Status for Child Development : Evidence from Rural Cambodia

Substantial work has demonstrated that early nutrition and home environments, including the degree to which children receive cognitive stimulation and emotional support from parents, play a profound role in influencing early childhood development. Yet, less work has documented the joint influences o...

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Main Authors:	Berkes, Jan, Raikes, Abbie, Bougen, Adrien, Filmer, Deon
Format:	Journal Article
Published:	Wiley 2019
Subjects:	PARENTAL STIMULATION PARENTING NUTRITION EARLY CHILD DEVELOPMENT WEALTH GAP
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/32071

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spelling	okr-10986-320712021-05-25T10:54:41Z Joint Roles of Parenting and Nutritional Status for Child Development : Evidence from Rural Cambodia Berkes, Jan Raikes, Abbie Bougen, Adrien Filmer, Deon PARENTAL STIMULATION PARENTING NUTRITION EARLY CHILD DEVELOPMENT WEALTH GAP Substantial work has demonstrated that early nutrition and home environments, including the degree to which children receive cognitive stimulation and emotional support from parents, play a profound role in influencing early childhood development. Yet, less work has documented the joint influences of parenting and nutritional status on child development among children in the preschool years living in low‐income countries. Using panel data from 2016 to 2017 on the parenting, nutritional status, and early developmental outcomes (executive function, language, early numeracy, and socioemotional problems) of 6,508 Cambodian children ages 3–5 years, our findings demonstrate that inequities in early development associated with family wealth are evident at age 3 and increase among children ages 4 and 5 years. Using hierarchical regression analysis, a significant share of these inequalities is explained by differences in parenting and early nutritional status, measured by stunting. Better‐educated parents engage in more stimulating and supportive parenting practices. However, the positive association between parenting and language and early numeracy outcomes is 35–54% stronger for non‐stunted children, and parental activities explain only about 8–14% of the cognitive gap between the lowest and highest wealth quintiles. The results highlight the need for additional research outlining interactions between environmental factors that link family wealth and child development. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions. https://authorservices.wiley.com/author-resources/Journal-Authors/licensing/self-archiving.html 2019-07-12T14:49:03Z 2019-07-12T14:49:03Z 2019-05-31 Journal Article Developmental Science 1467-7687 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/32071 This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions. https://authorservices.wiley.com/author-resources/Journal-Authors/licensing/self-archiving.html World Bank Wiley Publications & Research :: Journal Article Publications & Research East Asia and Pacific Cambodia
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topic	PARENTAL STIMULATION PARENTING NUTRITION EARLY CHILD DEVELOPMENT WEALTH GAP
spellingShingle	PARENTAL STIMULATION PARENTING NUTRITION EARLY CHILD DEVELOPMENT WEALTH GAP Berkes, Jan Raikes, Abbie Bougen, Adrien Filmer, Deon Joint Roles of Parenting and Nutritional Status for Child Development : Evidence from Rural Cambodia
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description	Substantial work has demonstrated that early nutrition and home environments, including the degree to which children receive cognitive stimulation and emotional support from parents, play a profound role in influencing early childhood development. Yet, less work has documented the joint influences of parenting and nutritional status on child development among children in the preschool years living in low‐income countries. Using panel data from 2016 to 2017 on the parenting, nutritional status, and early developmental outcomes (executive function, language, early numeracy, and socioemotional problems) of 6,508 Cambodian children ages 3–5 years, our findings demonstrate that inequities in early development associated with family wealth are evident at age 3 and increase among children ages 4 and 5 years. Using hierarchical regression analysis, a significant share of these inequalities is explained by differences in parenting and early nutritional status, measured by stunting. Better‐educated parents engage in more stimulating and supportive parenting practices. However, the positive association between parenting and language and early numeracy outcomes is 35–54% stronger for non‐stunted children, and parental activities explain only about 8–14% of the cognitive gap between the lowest and highest wealth quintiles. The results highlight the need for additional research outlining interactions between environmental factors that link family wealth and child development. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions. https://authorservices.wiley.com/author-resources/Journal-Authors/licensing/self-archiving.html
format	Journal Article
author	Berkes, Jan Raikes, Abbie Bougen, Adrien Filmer, Deon
author_facet	Berkes, Jan Raikes, Abbie Bougen, Adrien Filmer, Deon
author_sort	Berkes, Jan
title	Joint Roles of Parenting and Nutritional Status for Child Development : Evidence from Rural Cambodia
title_short	Joint Roles of Parenting and Nutritional Status for Child Development : Evidence from Rural Cambodia
title_full	Joint Roles of Parenting and Nutritional Status for Child Development : Evidence from Rural Cambodia
title_fullStr	Joint Roles of Parenting and Nutritional Status for Child Development : Evidence from Rural Cambodia
title_full_unstemmed	Joint Roles of Parenting and Nutritional Status for Child Development : Evidence from Rural Cambodia
title_sort	joint roles of parenting and nutritional status for child development : evidence from rural cambodia
publisher	Wiley
publishDate	2019
url	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/32071
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Joint Roles of Parenting and Nutritional Status for Child Development : Evidence from Rural Cambodia

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