Do maternal and paternal education protect against developmental delays?

ABSTRACT:

Background

Parental education is linked to child development and wellbeing, but unique and combined contributions of maternal and paternal education have rarely been studied.

Aims

This study assessed the individual and joint associations of maternal and paternal education on children's odds of a probable developmental delay.

Methods and procedures

Mothers (N = 3566) from the Upstate KIDS cohort study reported on theirs and the father's highest level of education and completed the Ages and Stages Questionnaires up to 7 times when the child was 4- to 36-months-old. A nonparametric constrained inference technique assessed the association between education and probable developmental delays.

Outcomes and results

Higher levels of maternal and paternal education were

SUBMITTER: Putnick DL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11560501 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature