Childhood poverty and school readiness: Differences by poverty type and immigration background.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Poverty exposes children to adverse conditions that negatively impact development. However, there is limited understanding on how different types of poverty may affect children of various immigration backgrounds differently in outcomes such as school readiness. This study examined these relationships between household and/or neighbourhood poverty, poverty timing, and immigration background with school readiness outcomes at kindergarten.

Methods

This study utilized a retrospective, population-based cohort of administrative records linked with surveys completed by kindergarten teachers for 15 369 children born in British Columbia, Canada. The exposures investigated were neighbourhood poverty (residing in a neighbourhood in the lowest income-quintile) and/or househol

SUBMITTER: Gill R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10746556 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature