Age 9 Follow-up Study
The children of families who participated in the Preparing for Life programme between 2008 and 2016 are now aged between 7 and 11 years of age. This study will test the impact of receiving the PFL programme between the ages of 0 and 5 on children’s outcomes later in childhood (~age 9). Thus allowing us to monitor the continuity or dissolution of treatment effects as the children progress through school.
The study involves three core components:
Parent Component
- Online/phone interview
- Socioemotional development, child health & wellbeing, parenting, internet usage
- 20-30 minutes
Child Component
- part i
- Height & Weight
- At recruitment with parent present (unless parents choose otherwise)
- part ii
- Direct Assessment
- Cognitive ability, cardio respiratory fitness, executive functions
- Approximately 60 minutes
- In school (unless parents choose otherwise)
School Component
- Administrative records
- Standardised test scores, attendance, resource support
- Obtained from child’s school with parent’s permission
