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Salud Pública de México
Print version ISSN 0036-3634
Abstract
TORRES-SANCHEZ, Luisa; ROMERO, Martín and VAZQUEZ-SALAS, Ruth Argelia. Language development in children of adolescent mothers by residence area, Ensanut 100k. Salud pública Méx [online]. 2021, vol.63, n.4, pp.521-529. Epub Feb 27, 2023. ISSN 0036-3634. https://doi.org/10.21149/12200.
Objetive:
To evaluate the association between adolescent pregnancy and language development, in children living in socio-economic vulnerable areas of Mexico.
Materials and methods:
We estimated the standardized language score of children age 12-59 months who participated in the Ensanut 100k. Teenage mothers (TM) were those who at delivery was between 12-19 years old. The association was estimated using multivariate linear regression; moreover, we evaluated an interaction between type of mother and place of residence.
Results:
Children of TM who lived in urban areas had lower standardized language score than those children of adult mothers (ß= -0.33 95%CI: -0.65 a -0.01; p for interaction<0.01). However, book availability and/or mother’s support for learning significantly reduce this difference.
Conclusions:
Sociocultural pressures towards TM in urban areas could explain the results; nevertheless, this population could be susceptible to strategies aimed to improve the mother-child relationship and support for learning.
Keywords : child development; child language; MacArthur CDI; PPVT-III; Mexico.