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Child-directed speech in a large sample of U.S. mothers with low income.

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Egan-Dailey, S; Gennetian, LA; Magnuson, K; Duncan, GJ; Yoshikawa, H; Fox, NA; Noble, KG
Published in: Child development
July 2024

Research on early language input and socioeconomic status typically relies on correlations in small convenience samples. Using data from Baby's First Years, this paper assesses the causal impact of monthly, unconditional cash transfers on child-directed speech and child vocalizations among a large, racially diverse sample of low-income U.S. mothers and their 1-year-olds (N = 563; 48% girls; 2019-2020). The monthly, unconditional cash transfers did not impact mothers' child-directed speech during a 10-min at-home play session (effect sizes range from -.08 to .02), though there was wide variability within this sample. Future work will assess the impact of the continued cash transfer on children's language input and development over time.

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Child development

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1467-8624

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0009-3920

Publication Date

July 2024

Related Subject Headings

  • Developmental & Child Psychology
  • 5201 Applied and developmental psychology
  • 3904 Specialist studies in education
  • 1702 Cognitive Sciences
  • 1701 Psychology
 

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Egan-Dailey, S., Gennetian, L. A., Magnuson, K., Duncan, G. J., Yoshikawa, H., Fox, N. A., & Noble, K. G. (2024). Child-directed speech in a large sample of U.S. mothers with low income. Child Development. https://doi.org/10.1111/cdev.14139
Egan-Dailey, Shannon, Lisa A. Gennetian, Katherine Magnuson, Greg J. Duncan, Hirokazu Yoshikawa, Nathan A. Fox, and Kimberly G. Noble. “Child-directed speech in a large sample of U.S. mothers with low income.Child Development, July 2024. https://doi.org/10.1111/cdev.14139.
Egan-Dailey S, Gennetian LA, Magnuson K, Duncan GJ, Yoshikawa H, Fox NA, et al. Child-directed speech in a large sample of U.S. mothers with low income. Child development. 2024 Jul;
Egan-Dailey, Shannon, et al. “Child-directed speech in a large sample of U.S. mothers with low income.Child Development, July 2024. Epmc, doi:10.1111/cdev.14139.
Egan-Dailey S, Gennetian LA, Magnuson K, Duncan GJ, Yoshikawa H, Fox NA, Noble KG. Child-directed speech in a large sample of U.S. mothers with low income. Child development. 2024 Jul;
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Published In

Child development

DOI

EISSN

1467-8624

ISSN

0009-3920

Publication Date

July 2024

Related Subject Headings

  • Developmental & Child Psychology
  • 5201 Applied and developmental psychology
  • 3904 Specialist studies in education
  • 1702 Cognitive Sciences
  • 1701 Psychology