Children born to the youngest mothers have the highest risk of developmental vulnerabilities at age 5, largely due to socio-economic factors. Although the risk of developmental vulnerabilities declined with every additional year of a mother’s age up to 30 years, risk increased slightly for children born to mothers aged 35 years and older, similar to children born to mothers in their early twenties.
Original paper published April 24, 2018
Canadian co-author: Marni Brownell, University of Manitoba – Marni_Brownell@cpe.umanitoba.
