A macro-level approach to assess the early developmental vulnerabilities of children in Australia: a local government area-based analysis
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Article Title | A macro-level approach to assess the early developmental vulnerabilities of children in Australia: a local government area-based analysis |
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ERA Journal ID | 34203 |
Article Category | Article |
Authors | Biswas, Raaj Kishore (Author) and Kabir, Enamul (Author) |
Journal Title | Children and Youth Services Review |
Journal Citation | 93, pp. 161-169 |
Number of Pages | 9 |
Year | 2018 |
Place of Publication | Oxford, United Kingdom |
ISSN | 0190-7409 |
1873-7765 | |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2018.07.005 |
Abstract | The spatial impact of socioeconomic determinants on the macro-level early developmental vulnerability of children was analyzed in this paper using Local Government Areas (LGAs) as samples. Five domains of developmental outcomes: physical, social, emotional, language and cognitive, and communication have been addressed as ordinal outcomes, and fitted by the proportional odds model. Areas with a high percentage of low-income, welfare dependent and single parent families significantly increased the proportion of vulnerable children in all five domains. Other factors that significantly affect some aspects of developmental vulnerability in children are participation of women in the labor market, availability of home Internet and unemployment rate in the locality. The macro-level results match with previous micro-level assessments showing the relationship between household socioeconomic features and childhood vulnerability. |
Keywords | child psychology; socio-economic determinants; family; disadvantage index; developmental vulnerability; neighborhood disadvantage; Australia |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 529999. Other psychology not elsewhere classified |
Public Notes | Files associated with this item cannot be displayed due to copyright restrictions. |
Byline Affiliations | University of New South Wales |
School of Agricultural, Computational and Environmental Sciences | |
Institution of Origin | University of Southern Queensland |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/q4y38/a-macro-level-approach-to-assess-the-early-developmental-vulnerabilities-of-children-in-australia-a-local-government-area-based-analysis
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