Tran, Lan Mai, Phuong Hong Nguyen, Melissa F. Young, et al. BMC Public Health, February 2023
Wealth-related gaps in cognitive development found during early childhood increased in middle childhood. Maternal factors, quality of home environment, and child nutritional status mitigated this gap in early childhood more than in middle childhood. Interventions to improve home environment quality, maternal education, well-being, and child nutrition status may help reduce developmental deficits associated with poverty.