A study on child development in Cape Town. The cohort and sample.
A study of growth and development was initiated on a cohort of Coloured children born during May 1976 in Cape Town. Approximately 90% of the infants were born in hospital or in midwife obstetric units and about 14% weighed less than 2 500 g. Poor maternal education, low income and overcrowding are considered to be risk factors in child rearing. Sixty-five per cent of the mothers were not educated further than primary school level and over half the families were living below an effective minimum level of income. Similarly, over half the families lived in grossly overcrowded conditions.
D002657:Child Development; D004812:Epidemiologic Methods; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012924:Social Conditions