Neighbourhood socioeconomic factors and maternal factors at birth as moderators of the association between birth characteristics and school attainment: A population study of children attending government schools in Western Australia

Neighbourhood socioeconomic factors and maternal factors at birth as moderators of the association between birth characteristics and school attainment: A population study of children attending government schools in Western Australia

Background: This article investigates whether reading and writing skills among children of equivalent perinatal characteristics differ by neighbourhood socioeconomic status and maternal factors. Methods: Notifications of births for all non-Aboriginal singletons born in 1990-1997 in Western Australia...

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Main Authors: Malacova, E., Li, Jianghong, Blair, E., Mattes, E., de Klerk, N., Stanley, F.
Format: Journal Article
Published: British Medical Journal Group 2009
Subjects:
literacy
socioeconomic factors
Western Australia
birth outcomes
appropriateness of intrauterine growth
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/45416

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http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/45416

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