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- Title
Deficits from Small Size At Birth Do Not Extend To Adults' Emotional Lives.
- Authors
Brown, B.
- Abstract
People who were born small for their gestational age are slightly less likely to perform well in school, are less likely to hold professional or managerial jobs and report lower weekly incomes than people who were normal-birth-weight, according to a study that followed participants from birth to age 26. However, at age 26, the two groups are equally likely to be married and working, and equally satisfied with how their lives have turned out. To assess the functional effects of being small for gestational age (defined as having a birth weight less than the fifth percentile for age at term), the investigator analyzed data on infants born in Great Britain during the period April 5-11, 1970, who were followed up at ages five, 10,16 and 26. Infants were excluded if they had congenital abnormalities, which can influence developmental outcomes, or if they were born preterm. The resulting sample consisted of 1,064 infants who were small for gestational age and 13,125 normal-birth-weight infants, who served as the comparison group. Follow-up data included participants' standardized test scores, teacher evaluations and, for adolescents and adults, responses to questionnaires on emotional and social development. At ages 16 and 26, participants responded to questions about their self-perception.
- Subjects
UNITED Kingdom; GESTATIONAL age; LOW birth weight; INFANT growth; HUMAN abnormalities; SELF-perception; QUESTIONNAIRES
- Publication
Family Planning Perspectives, 2000, Vol 32, Issue 3, p146
- ISSN
0014-7354
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.2307/2648165