Inequalities in child development at school entry: A repeated cross-sectional analysis of the Australian Early Development Census 2009-2018.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Australia is the only developed country to consistently undertake a developmental census of its children nationwide. The repeated collection of the Australian Early Development Census (AEDC) has provided an unprecedented opportunity to examine the prevalence of developmental vulnerability across Australia's states and territories, the socio-economic distribution of developmental vulnerability across jurisdictions, and how these distributions might have changed over time.

Methods

This study employed multivariable logistic regressions to estimate the probability of developmental vulnerability within each jurisdiction and AEDC collection year (2009 to 2018), adjusting for jurisdictional differences in socio-demographic characteristics. To explore socio-economic inequ

SUBMITTER: Collier LR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8315438 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature