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Title: The Effects of WIC on Children's Health and Development
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1. Kowaleski-Jones, Lori
Duncan, Greg J.
The Effects of WIC on Children's Health and Development
Poverty Research News, 5,2, (March-April 2001): 6-7
Cohort(s): Children of the NLSY79, NLSY79
Publisher: Joint Center for Poverty Research
Keyword(s): Birthweight; Child Health; Motor and Social Development (MSD); Siblings; Temperament; Welfare

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Kowaleski-Jones and Duncan address some of the limitations of prior research by using a national sample of children and siblings born to relatively older mothers. Specifically, they compare siblings whose mothers used WIC with one sibling but not the other. In addition to birth weight, they also examine two measures of infant development: temperament and motor and social skills. Their research supports the positive findings on infant birth weight, and finds a small, positive effect on temperament, but no established link to improved motor or social skills.
Bibliography Citation
Kowaleski-Jones, Lori and Greg J. Duncan. "The Effects of WIC on Children's Health and Development." Poverty Research News, 5,2, (March-April 2001): 6-7.