Associations between sociodemographic and behavioural parameters and child development depending on age and sex: a cross-sectional analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To explore environmental and individual factors that are associated with child development and to investigate whether the strength of these associations differs according to the age of the children.

Design

Cross-sectional study.

Setting

This study was part of the LIFE Child study, a large cohort study conducted in Leipzig, Germany.

Participants

778 children aged between 0.5 and 6 years (48.6% girls, mean age=2.67 years).

Outcome measures

The outcomes were cognitive development, language development, body and hand motor skills, social-emotional development, and tracing skills, measured with a standardised development test. We analysed the associations between development and gestational age, socioeconomic status (SES), sex, behavioural difficul

SUBMITTER: Schild CE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9639104 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature