Neighborhood Poverty Impacts Children's Physical Health and Well-Being Over Time: Evidence From the Early Development Instrument

Does the EDI Equivalently Measure Facets of School Readiness for Aboriginal and Non-Aboriginal children?

“…Recently, research has extended the examination of the contexts in which children are raised to include factors at the neighbourhood-level (Cushon et al 2011;Hertzman et al 2002;Kershaw et al 2007;Lapointe et al 2007;Oliver et al 2007). A study by Oliver et al (2007) demonstrated that while family characteristics had the strongest influence on children's school readiness, contextual-level factors continued to impact school readiness outcomes after controlling for family factors.…”

“…A study by Oliver et al (2007) demonstrated that while family characteristics had the strongest influence on children's school readiness, contextual-level factors continued to impact school readiness outcomes after controlling for family factors. Rates of poverty, unemployment, transiency, parental education levels, lone-parent families, and home ownership rates are frequently cited predictors of school readiness as measured by the EDI (Cushon et al 2011;Kershaw et al 2007;Lapointe et al 2007;Oliver et al 2007).…”

“…One of the strengths of the EDI is the ability to identify groups of children who may be vulnerable for poor school readiness at entry to Grade 1. Research frequently cites that children from minority groups (Janus 2002;Lapointe et al 2007;Oliver et al 2007) and with low socioeconomic status (Beauvais and Jenson 2003;Cushon et al 2011;Duncan and Magnuson 2005;Kershaw et al 2007;Ryan et al 2006) are at an increased risk for low levels of school readiness. More specifically, Aboriginal children are at-risk for many negative developmental outcomes, including being rated as having poor school readiness (Janus 2002;Kershaw et al 2007;Lapointe et al 2007).…”

“…One factor commonly cited within the research literature as a strong predictor of school readiness is socioeconomic status (SES) (Beauvais and Jenson 2003;Cushon et al 2011;Furstenberg and Hughes 1997;Kershaw et al 2007;Ryan et al 2006). Children raised in poverty may be exposed to many additional risks which heighten the likelihood of poor development (Rothman 2009).…”

Poverty, income inequality and externalised problem behaviours of children: an empirical study in Korea

“…The findings of previous studies show that neighbourhood socio-economic characteristics and deprivation level can have negative effects on development of children and adolescents and have been specifically associated with diverse issues such as delinquency, teen pregnancy, children's behavioural problems, health, health behaviours, mental health and aggression (Bhat & Rather, 2012;Cushon, Vu, Janzen, & Muhajarine, 2011;Drukker et al, 2003;Roosa et al, 2005;Sellstrőm & Bremberg, 2006;Viner et al, 2012). Several empirical studies have demonstrated that the poverty level in a neighbourhood can be associated with children's overall development, as well as that those children from families residing in deprived neighbourhoods exhibit more frequent problem behaviours and show a greater incidence of injury risk and severe bodily harm (Drukker et al, 2003;Haynes, Reading, & Gale, 2003;Kalff et al, 2001;Reading, Langford, Haynes, & Lovett, 1999).…”