From infancy to adolescence: growing up in poverty

Abstract

The Young Lives study is following the lives of 12,000 children over 15 years in Ethiopia,_x000D_ Andhra Pradesh in India,1 Peru and Vietnam. It includes an Older Cohort of children born in_x000D_ 1994–95 and a Younger Cohort born in 2001–02 (see Figure 1). By collecting information in_x000D_ low- and middle-income countries at different stages of national development, we hope to tell_x000D_ a broader story of what matters for children and when. Longitudinal analysis enables us to_x000D_ identify how and why factors early in life shape children’s later outcomes, and how inequalities_x000D_ emerge, giving insights for key entry points for policies to support children’s development_x000D_ and well-being at different ages. The design of Young Lives enables us also to consider_x000D_ differences in the outcomes of children at the age of 12, comparing the Older and Younger_x000D_ Cohorts in order to identify change between 2006 and 2013.