Do Children Who Move Home and School Frequently Have Poorer Educational Outcomes in Their Early Years at School? An Anonymised Cohort Study

Hayley A. Hutchings; Annette Evans; Peter Barnes; Joanne Demmler; Martin Heaven; Melanie A. Hyatt; Michelle James-Ellison; Ronan A. Lyons; Alison Maddocks; Shantini Paranjothy; Sarah E. Rodgers; Frank Dunstan

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0070601

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Do Children Who Move Home and School Frequently Have Poorer Educational Outcomes in Their Early Years at School? An Anonymised Cohort Study

Hayley A. Hutchings ,

* E-mail: h.a.hutchings@swansea.ac.uk

Affiliation Centre for Health Information Research and Evaluation, College of Medicine, Swansea University, Singleton Park, Swansea, United Kingdom
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Annette Evans,

Affiliation Cochrane Institute of Primary Care and Public Health, Cardiff University, Heath Park, Cardiff, United Kingdom
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Peter Barnes,

Affiliation Department of Child Health, Abertawe Bromorgannwg University Health Board, Singleton Hospital, Swansea, United Kingdom
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Joanne Demmler,

Affiliation Centre for Health Information Research and Evaluation, College of Medicine, Swansea University, Singleton Park, Swansea, United Kingdom
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Martin Heaven,

Affiliation Centre for Health Information Research and Evaluation, College of Medicine, Swansea University, Singleton Park, Swansea, United Kingdom
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Melanie A. Hyatt,

Affiliation Centre for Health Information Research and Evaluation, College of Medicine, Swansea University, Singleton Park, Swansea, United Kingdom
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Michelle James-Ellison,

Affiliation Department of Child Health, Abertawe Bromorgannwg University Health Board, Singleton Hospital, Swansea, United Kingdom
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Ronan A. Lyons,

Affiliation Centre for Health Information Research and Evaluation, College of Medicine, Swansea University, Singleton Park, Swansea, United Kingdom
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Alison Maddocks,

Affiliation Department of Public Health, Public Health Wales, St David’s Park, Carmarthen, United Kingdom
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Shantini Paranjothy,

Affiliation Cochrane Institute of Primary Care and Public Health, Cardiff University, Heath Park, Cardiff, United Kingdom
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Sarah E. Rodgers,

Affiliation Centre for Health Information Research and Evaluation, College of Medicine, Swansea University, Singleton Park, Swansea, United Kingdom
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Frank Dunstan

Affiliation Cochrane Institute of Primary Care and Public Health, Cardiff University, Heath Park, Cardiff, United Kingdom
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Do Children Who Move Home and School Frequently Have Poorer Educational Outcomes in Their Early Years at School? An Anonymised Cohort Study

Hayley A. Hutchings,
Annette Evans,
Peter Barnes,
Joanne Demmler,
Martin Heaven,
Melanie A. Hyatt,
Michelle James-Ellison,
Ronan A. Lyons,
Alison Maddocks,
Shantini Paranjothy

Published: August 5, 2013
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0070601

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