New Delhi: Did you know that the reason behind your child’s low academic test scores and behavioural issues could be your smoking?
According to the findings of a research published in the journal of Economics and Human Biology, smoking is prevalent in lower socio-economic groups whose characteristics (such as lower IQ and poorer motivation on average) are correlated with lower academic scores and more behavioural issues in children. This can bias the results as the sample of children whose scores are lower is no longer random, Scroll.in reported.
The study used data from the Longitudinal Study of Australian Children, which tracks children from birth to monitor their development and well-being. It also surveys them and their parents on a range of cognitive (such as academic) and non-cognitive (such as behavioural) performance measures and records other data such as their National Assessment Program – Literacy and Numeracy test results.
What the study found?
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