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Preterm birth and adult wealth : mathematics skills count

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Basten, Maartje, Jaekel, Julia, Johnson, Samantha J., Gilmore, Camilla and Wolke, Dieter (2015) Preterm birth and adult wealth : mathematics skills count. Psychological science, 26 (10). pp. 1608-1619. doi:10.1177/0956797615596230

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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0956797615596230

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Abstract

Each year, 15 million babies worldwide are born preterm. Preterm birth is associated with adverse neurodevelopmental outcomes across the life span. Recent registry-based studies suggest that preterm birth is associated with decreased wealth in adulthood, but the mediating mechanisms are unknown. This study investigated whether the relationship between preterm birth and low adult wealth is mediated by poor academic abilities and educational qualifications. Participants were members of two British population-based birth cohorts born in 1958 and 1970, respectively. Results showed that preterm birth was associated with decreased wealth at 42 years of age. This association was mediated by decreased intelligence, reading, and, in particular, mathematics attainment in middle childhood, as well as decreased educational qualifications in young adulthood. Findings were similar in both cohorts, which suggests that these mechanisms may be time invariant. Special educational support in childhood may prevent preterm children from becoming less wealthy as adults.

Item Type: Journal Article
Subjects: R Medicine > RJ Pediatrics
Divisions: Faculty of Medicine > Warwick Medical School > Health Sciences > Mental Health and Wellbeing
Faculty of Science > Psychology
Faculty of Medicine > Warwick Medical School
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): Premature infants -- Development, Premature infants -- Intelligence levels
Journal or Publication Title: Psychological science
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd.
ISSN: 0956-7976
Official Date: October 2015
Dates:
DateEvent
October 2015Published
31 August 2015Available
24 June 2015Accepted
7 January 2015Submitted
Volume: 26
Number: 10
Number of Pages: 33
Page Range: pp. 1608-1619
DOI: 10.1177/0956797615596230
Status: Peer Reviewed
Publication Status: Published
Access rights to Published version: Restricted or Subscription Access
Funder: Nuffield Foundation (NF)
Grant number: EDU/40442 (NF)

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