Early Supplementary Feeding and Cognition (Society for Research in Child Development, 1993, 123 pages): V. Methods of the cross-sectional follow-up: (introductory text...)

Early Supplementary Feeding and Cognition (Society for Research in Child Development, 1993, 123 pages)

V. Methods of the cross-sectional follow-up

		*(introductory text...)*
		Subjects
		Socioeconomic indicators
		Schooling variables
		The psychological test battery

(introductory text...)

This chapter describes the sample of subjects included in the follow-up study and the methods used to assess three sets of variables: the social and economic background of the families, the schooling histories of the subjects within the formal educational system of the villages, and the subjects' performance on a battery of psychoeducational and information-processing tests in adolescence. ⁵

5 Caroline Heckathorn was responsible for the analysis of the data on reliability and validity. we gratefully acknowledge her contributions to this chapter.