Data from the assessment clearly showed that children receiving the grant, particularly those enrolled at birth, completed more grades of schooling and performed better academically.
The data also show that girls enrolled early obtained higher marks on tests of mathematical ability and reading, and children enrolled at birth completed more grades of schooling than children enrolled at age six.
Subjects who passed a literacy screen test or who had completed >6 grades of schooling were administered the Inter-American Reading Series [Serie Interamericana (SIA)] vocabulary (Level 3) and reading comprehension (Level 2) test modules, with a maximum combined score of 85 points (22).
One-third (34%) of their fathers completed grade school only, one-quarter (27%) had a high school education and one-fifth (19%) did not know what level of education their father had attained.
* Of the emergency food recipients, 40percentt have less than a high school diploma or equivalent, including 16 percent who completed grade school or less.
Thirteen per cent of participants completed grade 8 or less, and 37% had not completed high school.
In fact, half of those who were innumerate and a third who were illiterate had not just started school but completed grade 6.
Respondents who reported having completed fewer than three grades of schooling, and those who reported three to five grades of schooling but could not read correctly the headline of a local newspaper article, were given a pre-literacy test that began with reading aloud single letters.
For instance, Alderman et al. [1] find that improvements in nutrition in pre-schoolers are associated with increased height as a young adult, and the number of grades of schooling completed.
HEWs are females who are at least 18 years old and have completed the 10th grade of schooling.
