The Associations Between Child-Care Services During the Preschool Years and High School Graduation: A 20-Year Longitudinal Population-Based Study.
Journal
Journal of developmental and behavioral pediatrics : JDBP
ISSN: 1536-7312
Titre abrégé: J Dev Behav Pediatr
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 8006933
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
01 05 2022
01 05 2022
Historique:
received:
12
12
2020
accepted:
23
07
2021
pubmed:
6
11
2021
medline:
3
5
2022
entrez:
5
11
2021
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Together with family factors, early care and education (ECE) services were shown to improve school readiness in kindergarten. However, it is not clear whether better school readiness at age 6 years translates into higher rates of high school graduation years later. Our objective was therefore to investigate the long-term associations between the use of ECE and high school graduation while considering the sex of the child and the socioeconomic status of the parents as moderators. Participants were children from the Quebec Longitudinal Study on Child Development (QLSCD) born in 1997 to 1998 (N = 2001). Intensity and type of ECE exposure were measured from age 5 months to 5 years. Administrative records were used to determine whether students had obtained a high school diploma by age 20 years. Factors explaining differences in the profiles of ECE users were controlled using propensity score weights. Twenty-two percent of students did not have a high school diploma by age 20 years. Compared with children never exposed to center-based care, those exposed early (i.e., before toddlerhood) had better odds of graduating from high school (odds ratio = 1.49) after controlling for confounding factors. Late exposure to center-based care was not related to high school graduation rates. Exposure to regulated and center-based ECE on a regular basis from toddlerhood to school entry was associated with higher rates of high school graduation. Regulated center-based ECE at the population level may improve rates of high school graduation.
Identifiants
pubmed: 34740215
doi: 10.1097/DBP.0000000000001016
pii: 00004703-202205000-00004
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
206-215Informations de copyright
Copyright © 2022 Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. All rights reserved.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
Disclosure: The authors declare no conflict of interest.
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