Early Childhood Development in the Slums of Cuttack, Odisha, India. A follow up
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- Conditions
- Not ApplicableEarly childhood development
- Registration Number
- ISRCTN18263197
- Lead Sponsor
- Institute for Fiscal Studies
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Ongoing
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 1200
Inclusion Criteria
1. Children who participated in the original study and their families
2. Siblings of participating children younger than 16 years old
3. Neighbours of participant households
Exclusion Criteria
1. Mentally or physically disabled children
2. Children older than 16 years old
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <br> 1. Cognitive and language development in children between 6 months and 3 years old assessed using the Bayley Scales of Infant Development III (Bayley-III) and the Caregiver Reported Early Childhood Instrument (CREDI) at 6 years after randomization in the initial study<br> 2. Cognitive and language development in children between 4 and 16 years old assessed using the Wechsler Preschool and Primary Scale of Intelligence (WPPSI-IV) and a set of tasks developed at the Spelke lab at Harvard University at 6 years<br>
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <br> 1. Quality of the home stimulation environment as measured by the 'play activities' and 'play materials' subscales of the Family Care Indicators in the home at 6 years<br> 2. Maternal time spent on high stimulation activities with children in the home as measured by time use module in the household questionnaire at 6 years<br> 3. Educational expenditure assessed through questions about educational expenditure in the previous month and year in the follow up interview at 6 years<br> 4. Parental beliefs on returns to educational investment given different endowments assessed in the follow up interview at 6 years<br> 5. Intrahousehold allocation of resources given different levels of ability and health assessed in the follow up interview with families and their neighbors at 6 years<br>