APS
2026 APS Annual Convention · 2026
Social and Economic Determinants of Literacy Trajectories Among Children Born to Adolescent Mothers
- Ariel Chavers-Brown
Williams College - Alexander Demos
University of Illinois at Chicago - Stephanie Del Tufo
University of Delaware - Stephanie Del Tufo
University of Delaware - Stephanie Del Tufo
University of Delaware
Abstract
Guided by asset-based frameworks, we conducted multilevel growth curve analyses to examine literacy trajectories among children born to adolescent mothers (n = 330, Mage = 9.47-years-at-baseline). Literacy differences were largely explained by socioeconomic factors, such as maternal education and income, which partially accounted for observed racial and ethnic disparities.
