Dana Charles McCoy|Stephanie Simmons Zuilkowski|Günther Fink
Poverty, physical stature, and cognitive skills: Mechanisms underlying children’s school enrollment in Zambia.
Harvard University Press|Florida State University|Harvard University Press
past research suggests robust positive associations household socioeconomic status childrens early cognitive development western countriesrelatively little known relations lowincome country settings characterized economic adversity high prevalence malnutrition infectious disease relatively lower school enrollmentthe present study develops empirically evaluates adapted model early childhood development using sample 2711 zambian sixyearoldsearly learning home found explain much relation socioeconomic status childrens cognitive skills including language nonverbal reasoning executive functionchild heightforage proxy overall nutritional status health also predictive childrens cognitive skills early ontime school enrollmentimplications global child development intervention future work discussed