Language Disparities Related to Maternal Education Emerge by Two Years in a Low-Income Sample.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Young children living in low-income households experience disparities in language development compared to their advantaged peers, with large differences in language skill by kindergarten entry. In this study, we sought to determine whether there were disparities in early language trajectories within a low-income sample of children from 9 to 36 months as a function of maternal education. We hypothesized that children with more highly educated mothers would show accelerated language trajectories compared to children with less educated mothers.

Methods

Using observational data collected from a longitudinal birth-cohort sample of 192 low-income mother-infant dyads in Ohio from 2014 to 2018, children's language skills were assessed at three time-points (ages 9-13 month

SUBMITTER: Justice LM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7572544 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature