The relationship between parental socio-economic status and children's health and development during early childhood period

2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 26870404
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Hygiene and public health; Childhood science (childhood environment science)
• Research Institution: National Center for Child Health and Development
• Principal Investigator: Kato Tsuguhiko 国立研究開発法人国立成育医療研究センター, 社会医学研究部, 室長 (10711369)
• Research Collaborator: KAWACHI Ichiro ; YORIFUJI Takashi ; YAMAKAWA Michiyo ; INOUE Sachiko ; SAITO Keiko ; SANADA Satoshi ; DOI Hiroyuki ; EBOSHIDA Akira ; FUJIWARA Takeo ; OKUZONO Sakurako ; AIDA Jun ; MATSUYAMA Yusuke ; TABUCHI Takahiro ; KOMAZAKI Yuko ; TSUBOYA Toru ; OSAKA Ken
• Project Period (FY): 2014-04-01 – 2017-03-31
• Keywords: 母子保健 / 幼児発達 / 社会疫学 / ペアレンティング / 縦断調査

Outline of Final Research Achievements

James Heckman, a recipient of Nobel Memorial Prize, insists that investment during the early childhood period is cost-effective in building human capital. However, research on how parental socio-economic status and parenting influence child health and development is limited in Japan. Therefore, I utilized the Longitudinal Survey of Newborns in the 21st Century data collected by the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare to analyze several research questions related to child health and development. For example, my colleagues and I showed association of parenting at the child’s age of 6 months with children’s adjustment to school life at later ages. I plan to continue to accumulate more findings and also advocate for creating a better childrearing environment in the Japanese society.

Free Research Field

乳幼児の健康と発達