The effect of breastfeeding on children's cognitive and noncognitive development
The effect of breastfeeding on children's cognitive and noncognitive development
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母乳喂养对儿童认知和非认知发展的影响
DOI：
10.1016/j.labeco.2012.05.007
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发表时间：
2012
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影响因子：
2.4
通讯作者：
Borra C
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作者：
Borra C
本文采用倾向分数匹配法，探讨母乳喂养与儿童认知和非认知发展的关系。我们发现，母乳喂养四周与认知测试分数的提高有着积极的统计学意义，大约是标准差的十分之一。母乳喂养和非认知发育之间的联系较弱，并且仅限于受教育程度较低的母亲的孩子。我们的结论是，提高母乳喂养率的干预措施不仅会改善儿童的健康，而且还可以提高他们的认知能力，也可能提高他们的非认知发展。
This paper uses propensity score matching methods to investigate the relationship between breastfeeding and children's cognitive and noncognitive development. We find that breastfeeding for four weeks is positively and statistically significantly associated with higher cognitive test scores, by around one tenth of a standard deviation. The association between breastfeeding and noncognitive development is weaker, and is restricted to children of less educated mothers. We conclude that interventions which increase breastfeeding rates would improve not only children's health, but also their cognitive skills, and possibly also their noncognitive development.