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Children of older mothers perform better at school: study
Anna Patty EDUCATION EDITOR
March 18, 2010 - 3:00AM
THE children of older mothers perform better in tests than those of younger women, Australian research has found.
The study, by Andrew Leigh and Xiaodong Gong from the Research School of Economics at the Australian National University, provides evidence that children born to mothers in their 20s performed better than those born to teenage mothers.
And children of women in their 30s performed better than those whose mothers were aged in their 20s.
Socioeconomic characteristics, including family income, parental education and single parenthood, were found to play a significant role in the academic outcome of the children.
When those factors were accounted for, there was no statistically significant difference in academic outcomes. However, there still remained a clear benefit in the social development of children born to older mothers.
The researchers said that young motherhood was an indicator, as opposed to a cause, of poorer outcomes in academic performance.
''This suggests that for these outcomes, the maternal age at birth is not causing the children to perform worse,'' Professor Leigh said. ''For most child outcomes, the maternal age is not the culprit for low cognitive performance, but merely a marker of other forms of disadvantage.''
The researchers suggested that government policy-makers should be cautious about spending additional resources on programs that encouraged women to delay childbirth, since this was not a direct cause of improved performance in children.
''Couples should not worry that having children earlier or later will have much impact on their children's outcomes,'' Professor Leigh said.
Kay Proos, 49, is the parent of one of about 13,300 year 6 children who will sit for the selective high schools test tomorrow. A record 4127 students will gain places for entry to year 7 at a selective high school, compared with around 3500 places available in previous years.
The increase is the result of the government's decision to introduce new selective classes within comprehensive high schools from this year.
Ms Proos, who was 37 when she gave birth to her son, Willem, said she had more time to spend with her children than she would have had in her 20s. Her 15-year-old daughter already attends a selective high school.
She said she and her husband had spent much of their time in their 20s focused on their careers. As they grew older, they were able to invest more time in their children's development.
''Because you have them later you are more focused on them and put more time on them,'' she said. ''My husband is more established in his career, so I had all the time in the world because I wasn't working and he could afford to keep us.''
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发表于 2010-3-18 09:58
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