The role of parental social class, education and unemployment on child cognitive development
Por:
Gonzalez, L, Cortes-Sancho, R, Murcia, M, Ballester, F, Rebagliato, M and Rodriguez-Bernal, C
Publicada:
1 ene 2020
Ahead of Print:
1 nov 2018
Categoría:
Public health, environmental and occupational health
Resumen:
Objective: Assessing the association between socioeconomic gradient and cognitive development among children of a Spanish birth cohort aged 5-6 years from a gender perspective.
Method: Cognitive development was assessed on 525 children aged 5-6 years in the INMA-Valencia cohort, with the Global Cognitive Score (GCS) from McCarthy Scales of Children's Abilities. Information on social class, education level and employment was collected for both parents in addition to other sociodemographic factors, parental, family and child characteristics. The relationship between maternal and paternal socioeconomic gradient and cognitive development was assessed by linear regressions and comparing the variance explained by each indicator measured in the mother and father.
Results: Maternal socioeconomic gradient indicators explained more variance on GCS than paternal. Maternal education and paternal social class had an important individual effect that stayed after adjusting by other parental, child and family determinants. In the multivariable analysis, maternal education, age and intelligence, paternal social class and the child's age and sex were significantly associated with cognitive development.
Conclusions: Diverse socioeconomic gradient factors have an important influence on cognitive development, maternal education being the strongest determinant. Policies should be implemented to mitigate the negative effects of this gradient on child development. (C) 2018 SESPAS. Published by Elsevier Espana, S.L.U.
Filiaciones:
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Unidad Mixta de Investigación en Epidemiología, Ambiente y Salud FISABIO-Universitat Jaume I-Universitat de València, Valencia, Spain
Unidad Predepartamental de Medicina, Universitat Jaume I, Castellón, Spain
Cortes-Sancho, R:
Unidad Mixta de Investigación en Epidemiología, Ambiente y Salud FISABIO-Universitat Jaume I-Universitat de València, Valencia, Spain
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Unidad Mixta de Investigación en Epidemiología, Ambiente y Salud FISABIO-Universitat Jaume I-Universitat de València, Valencia, Spain
CIBER de Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Spain
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Unidad Mixta de Investigación en Epidemiología, Ambiente y Salud FISABIO-Universitat Jaume I-Universitat de València, Valencia, Spain
CIBER de Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Spain
Departament d'Infermeria i Podologia, Universitat de València, Valencia, Spain
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Unidad Mixta de Investigación en Epidemiología, Ambiente y Salud FISABIO-Universitat Jaume I-Universitat de València, Valencia, Spain
Unidad Predepartamental de Medicina, Universitat Jaume I, Castellón, Spain
CIBER de Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Spain
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Unidad Mixta de Investigación en Epidemiología, Ambiente y Salud FISABIO-Universitat Jaume I-Universitat de València, Valencia, Spain
Área de Investigación de Servicios en Salud, FISABIO Salud Pública, Valencia, Spain
Red de Investigación en Servicios de Salud en Enfermedades Crónicas (REDISSEC), Spain
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