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18 janvier 2022
- ISIDORE Id: 10670/1.b9fa3f...
- doi: 10.1542/peds.2015-0419
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Julie Laurin et al., « Child care services, socioeconomic inequalities, and academic performance », Papyrus : le dépôt institutionnel de l'Université de Montréal, ID : 10.1542/peds.2015-0419
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Objective. To determine if child care services (CCS) at a population level can reduce social inequalities in academic performance until early adolescence. Method. A 12-year population-based prospective cohort study of families with a newborn (n = 1269). Two CCS variables were estimated: ‘intensity’ (low, moderate and high number of hours) and ‘Center-Based CCS Type’ (early-, late-onset, and never exposed to center-based CCS). Results. Children from low socioeconomic status (SES) families who received high-intensity CCS (any type), compared to those who received low-intensity CCS, had significantly better reading (Standardized Effect Size [ES]= .37), writing (ES=.37), and mathematics (ES=.46) scores. Children from low-SES families who received center-based CCS, compared to those who never attended center-care, had significantly better reading (ES early-onset =.68; ES late-onset =.37), writing (ES early-onset =.79), and mathematics (ES early-onset =.66; ES late-onset =.39) scores. Furthermore, early participation in center-based CCS eliminated the differences between children of low- and adequate-SES on all three exams (ES = -.01, .13, and -.02 for reading, writing and mathematics, respectively). These results were obtained while controlling for a wide range of child and family variables from birth to school entry. Conclusion. Child care services (any type) can reduce the social inequalities in academic performance up to early adolescence, while early participation in center-based CCS can eliminate this inequality. CCS use, especially early participation in center-based CCS should be strongly encouraged for children growing up in a low-SES family.
