Leadership+ article, Issue 119: Educational Disadvantage: Evidence from the two Growing Up in Ireland Cohorts
- Published: 30 September 2021
PROFESSOR SELINA MCCOY ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE
The Growing Up in Ireland (GUI) study has been ground-breaking in the insights provided to the lives of children and their families. With evidence now available for two cohorts, born in 1998 and 2008, there is a unique opportunity to consider the nature of socio-economic disadvantage over time. Given that Cohort ’08 were also surveyed at 3 and 5 years of age, it is possible to assess whether social gradients in cognitive performance widen as children move into the mid-primary years.
