Birth Weight, Family Socioeconomic Status, and Cognitive Skills Among Chinese Adolescents
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2185598 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jia Miao (0000-0001-8791-7302) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Volume | 49 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 362-381 |
| Publication date | 2017-10-02 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Chinese Sociological Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2162-0555 • E-ISSN: 2162-0563 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/21620555.2017.1311206 |
| OpenAlex | W2606260131 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 51 |
The long-term impact of birth weight on cognitive development has been well documented, yet whether the determining role of the endowment can be moderated by family socioeconomic status (SES) is less understood. Using data from the 2010 baseline survey of the China Family Panel Studies (CFPS), this study investigates whether family background influences the association between birth weight and cognitive achievement among Chinese adolescents ages 10–22. Results from an ordinary least squares (OLS) regression show that an increase in birth weight leads to significant improvement in math and word adaptive test scores after adjustment for parents’ cognitive skills. Family SES could potentially cushion health shocks at birth, as parents with higher levels of education are more capable of helping their children with lower birth weights to catch up with healthier children in terms of cognitive development. The findings suggest that social programs aiming to reduce health and education inequalities should pay particular attention to enhancing prenatal care, child care, and parenting skills, and priority should be given to low-SES families
Association (psychology · Birth weight · China · Cognition · Cognitive development · Developmental psychology · Environmental health · Geography · Ordinary least squares · Population · Pregnancy · Psychiatry · Socioeconomic status · Sociology · Test (biology · Birth, Development, and Health · Child Nutrition and Water Access · Demography · Medicine · Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet · Psychology
A Review of the Relationship Among Parenting Practices, Parenting Styles, and Adolescent School Achievement
Spatial inequality in education and health care in China
Socioeconomic status and the developing brain
The long-term health and economic consequences of the 1959–1961 famine in China
Self-Discipline Outdoes IQ in Predicting Academic Performance of Adolescents
Biology as Destiny? Short‐ and Long‐Run Determinants of Intergenerational Transmission of Birth Weight
Is the Impact of Health Shocks Cushioned by Socioeconomic Status? The Case of Low Birthweight
Genetics and intelligence differences
Early-Life Health and Adult Circumstance in Developing Countries
Effect of a nutrition intervention during early childhood on economic productivity in Guatemalan adults
Socioeconomic Status and Child Health
The Influence of Parent Education and Family Income on Child Achievement
Multiple Imputation for Nonresponse in Surveys
Mother's Education and the Intergenerational Transmission of Human Capital
Inequality at Birth
Returns to Birthweight
Birth Weight and Early Cognitive Skills
Birth Weight and Cognitive Ability in Childhood
Parental investment responses to a low birth weight outcome
Long-term poverty and child development in the United States
Endowments and parental investments in infancy and early childhood
Regression with Missing Ys
An Interactionist Perspective on the Socioeconomic Context of Human Development
When Bigger Is Not Better
Killing Me Softly
Is Biology Destiny? Birth Weight and Life Chances
The Relationship Between Parenting Styles and Academic and Behavioral Adjustment Among Urban Chinese Adolescents
Fertility Decline and Women's Status Improvement in China
Stereotype Threat and Gender
Educational Disparities in Access to Health Insurance in China, 1989-2009
Changing Educational Effects of Sibship Sex Composition in Taiwan
Family Background, Private Tutoring, and Children's Educational Performance in Contemporary China
Cognitive Ability
| Citations per year | 0.17 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2020 - 2020 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |