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Identifying Off-Diagonal Communities Using the Australian Early Development Census Results

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  • Robert Tanton

    (University of Canberra)

  • Melanie Dare

    (University of Canberra)

  • Sally Brinkman

    (The University of Western Australia
    The University of Adelaide)

  • Billie-Giles Corti

    (University of Melbourne)

  • Ilan Katz

    (University of New South Wales)

  • Geoff Woolcock

    (Wesley Mission Brisbane)

  • Sharon Goldfeld

    (Royal Children’s Hospital
    University of Melbourne)

Abstract

An individual’s, and indeed the nation’s, social and economic futures are highly dependent on early childhood development (ECD) outcomes, with poor ECD inhibiting future opportunities. Ecological ECD literature describes family, community and institutions as being key factors in children’s wellbeing, with suggestions that community factors may ameliorate impacts of poor ECD. It is therefore important to develop a greater understanding of those modifiable factors that positively, and negatively, affect ECD outcomes so as ECD policy and practice can be designed and implemented effectively. One approach to this analysis is through the identification and analysis of influencing factors identified within off-diagonal communities—that is those communities where children have either developed well in consideration of their high-levels of socio-economic disadvantage, or developed poorly in consideration of their low levels of socio-economic disadvantage. In this paper we describe a new method for the identification of off-diagonal communities. The method provides a clear and transparent approach to community selection, including a range of methods to further interrogate the community selection ensuring a rigorous and considered selection process. This new method, based on population Census and Australian Early Development Census data, provides the first step in identifying community factors likely to facilitate childhood wellbeing. These findings could inform policy making to reduce inequities by assisting in policy and service delivery design targeted to community needs.

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  • Robert Tanton & Melanie Dare & Sally Brinkman & Billie-Giles Corti & Ilan Katz & Geoff Woolcock & Sharon Goldfeld, 2017. "Identifying Off-Diagonal Communities Using the Australian Early Development Census Results," Social Indicators Research: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement, Springer, vol. 132(3), pages 977-992, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:soinre:v:132:y:2017:i:3:d:10.1007_s11205-016-1333-2
    DOI: 10.1007/s11205-016-1333-2
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    Cited by:

    1. Rachel Robinson, 2016. "Hybridity: A Theory of Agency in Early Childhood Governance," Social Sciences, MDPI, vol. 5(1), pages 1-13, February.
    2. Bernard Baffour & Sumonkanti Das & Mu Li & Alice Richardson, 2024. "The Utility of Socioeconomic and Remoteness Indicators in Understanding the Geographical Variation in the Regional Prevalence of Early Childhood Vulnerability in Australia," Child Indicators Research, Springer;The International Society of Child Indicators (ISCI), vol. 17(4), pages 1791-1827, August.
    3. Trina Robinson & Andrea Nathan & Kevin Murray & Hayley Christian, 2022. "Parents’ Perceptions of the Neighbourhood Built Environment Are Associated with the Social and Emotional Development of Young Children," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 19(11), pages 1-14, May.

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