Effect of age, socioeconomic level, maternal education, and paternal occupation on intellectual quotient of 1,755 urban boys and girls aged 4 to 12 years living in La Plata: A cross sectional study

Psychomotor development in Argentinean children aged 0–5 years

“…In a survey carried out in La Plata city on 1200 children, it was shown that both ME and social class (as expressed by father's occupation) have quite independent influences on IQ of children aged 4-12 years. 50 Female gender was found to have a positive association with five items 'combine word', 'heel-to-toe walk', 'complete phrase', 'draw a person' and 'copy cross', in agreement with the international literature. We did not find gender associations with bladder control, although Largo and Stutzle 52 in an important survey found that girls attained this item earlier than boys.…”

“…In the rest of the revised studies, the significant influences were always in favour of girls in all areas, 45,46,53,54 in speech, 51 in personal-social, speech and fine motor. 50 The advantage of girls over boys in psychomotor development has also been found in our region, 11 although not in all countries. In Argentina, there were no important gender differences in 1705 schoolchildren aged 4-12 years.…”

“…A variety of associations with different items may be found in other studies. [49][50][51] Perhaps the strength of this association is related to the type of sample and to the general level of ME in the sample. In our study, as in many others, this variable was importantly related to the achievement of some items, especially at later ages.…”

Risk factor assessment to anticipate performance in the National Developmental Screening Test in children from a disadvantaged area

“…4,6,7,23,24 Remarkably, all children whose mothers had completed less than six years of formal education failed the test. On the contrary, a low height-for-age had a direct effect on the test result.…”

Evaluación de factores de riesgo para anticipar el desempeño ante la Prueba Nacional de Pesquisa del Desarrollo en niños de un área desfavorecida

“…4,6,7,23,24 Notablemente, todos los hijos/as de madres con educación menor de 6 años no pasaron la prueba. En contrario, la baja talla/edad produjo un efecto directo sobre el resultado.…”