"Risk Factors Affecting School Readiness in Premature Infants with Respiratory Distress Syndrome"

Advances in neonatal care enable two-thirds of premature babies born with respiratory problems to be ready for school at an appropriate age, but those living in poverty are far less likely to be ready on time than their better-off peers, researchers from the University of Chicago Medical Center report in the July 2009 issue of the journal Pediatrics.

Although several medical factors including chronic lung disease, brain hemorrhage, and male gender were associated with lower school readiness, by far the most powerful factor determining school-readiness level was low socioeconomic status.
 

Read the report.