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Maternal phenotype, independent of family economic capital, predicts educational attainment in lowland nepalese children.
American journal of human biology : the official journal of the Human Biology Council - 10 Sept 2016
Marphatia Akanksha A, Devakumar Delan, Wells Jonathan C K, Saville Naomi, Reid Alice, Costello Anthony, Manandhar Dharma S, Osrin David
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OBJECTIVES: Factors acting before children are born or reach school-going age may explain why some do not complete primary education. Many relevant factors relate to maternal phenotype, but few studies have tested for independent associations of maternal factors relative to those characterizing the family in general. METHODS: Using data from a longitudinal study of 838 children in Dhanusha, Nepal, we used...
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