New Study: Children Slower to Develop if Pregnancy Unplanned

However, one of the biggest contributing factors to this was based off of the socioeconomic status of the children. “These differences are almost entirely explained by socioeconomic factors, providing further evidence of the influence of socioeconomic inequalities on the lives of children in the U.K. To help children achieve their full potential, policy makers should continue to target social inequalities,” the authors of the study said.