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ArticleSSM - population health2017

Neighbourhood socioeconomic status indices and early childhood development.

Simon Webb, Magdalena Janus, Eric Duku, Rob Raos, Marni Brownell, Barry Forer, Martin Guhn, Nazeem Muhajarine

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Article in SSM - population health, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 36 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Simon WebbOfford Centre for Child Studies, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Neurosciences, McMaster University, McMaster Innovation Park, 201A, 1280 Main Street West, Hamilton, ON, Canada L8S 4K1.
Magdalena JanusOfford Centre for Child Studies, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Neurosciences, McMaster University, McMaster Innovation Park, 201A, 1280 Main Street West, Hamilton, ON, Canada L8S 4K1.
Eric DukuOfford Centre for Child Studies, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Neurosciences, McMaster University, McMaster Innovation Park, 201A, 1280 Main Street West, Hamilton, ON, Canada L8S 4K1.
Rob RaosOfford Centre for Child Studies, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Neurosciences, McMaster University, McMaster Innovation Park, 201A, 1280 Main Street West, Hamilton, ON, Canada L8S 4K1.
Marni BrownellManitoba Centre for Health Policy, University of Manitoba, MB, Canada, R3E 3P5.
Barry ForerThe Human Early Learning Partnership, University of British Columbia, Suite 440, 2206 East Mall, Vancouver, BC, Canada V6T 1Z3.
Martin GuhnThe Human Early Learning Partnership, University of British Columbia, Suite 440, 2206 East Mall, Vancouver, BC, Canada V6T 1Z3.
Nazeem MuhajarineSaskatchewan Population Health and Evaluation Research Unit, University of Saskatchewan, 104 Clinic Road, Saskatoon, SK, Canada S7N 5E5.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The developmental health of young children is highly influenced by the socioeconomic conditions in which they are raised. How to accurately measure these conditions is a point of debate in the current literature on child development, health, and social determinants. We have evaluated four existing indices of socioeconomic status (SES) to determine the most relevant for the analysis of early childhood development (ECD) in Canada. Following a literature review of published SES indices which used 2006 Canadian Census data, four indices were chosen based on their relevance to ECD and the number of citations in subsequent articles. These were: the Canadian Deprivation Index, the Socioeconomic Factor Index, the Canadian Marginalization Index and an index created by the Early Childhood Mapping Project in Alberta, Canada. The indices were replicated using SES data for 2038 customized geographic neighbourhoods encompassing 99.9% of the Canadian population, and the relationship of the indices to ECD was investigated by linking to aggregated data from the Early Development Instrument (EDI), a teacher-completed questionnaire used to assess kindergarten children's physical, social, emotional, and cognitive development, and communication skills. The derived SES indices were compared based on four criteria: the input variables used, the index structure, the interpretability of the index and the variance they explained (R

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Area-level analysisCanadaDevelopmental healthEarly childhood development (ECD)Early Development Instrument (EDI)Socioeconomic gradientSocioeconomic status (SES)The CanDep Index, The Canadian Deprivation IndexThe CanMarg Index, The Canadian Marginalization IndexThe ECMap Index, The Early Childhood Mapping Project IndexThe SEFI, Socioeconomic Factor Index

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PMID29349203
PMCPMC5769026

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