SG-LEADS Wave 3 (2024) is now housed at A*STAR Institute for Human Development and Potential (IHDP)
Latest (updated until Oct 2024)
20 Feb 2024 | Smart investment to give lower-income non-working mums more childcare subsidies | The Straits Times
In the Budget 2024 speech on Feb 16, Deputy Prime Minister Lawrence Wong announced a significant policy shift to give non-working mothers from lower-income families higher childcare subsidies. Professor Jean Yeung shared that this is "a smart investment for society to help mothers in low-income families and to have their children attend pre-school because a child’s development in the very early years has important long-lasting consequences for development in adolescence and adulthood". The Straits Times article also shared several findings from our SG-LEADS study.
For more news reports featuring our study, head over HERE.
8 April 2022 | “COVID-19 Learning Gap Effect” for Young Children in Singapore | PAA Meeting 2022
CFPR Founding Director Prof Jean Yeung presented findings showing how the pandemic may affect the cognitive development of children of different family backgrounds, using data from the Singapore Longitudinal Early Development Study (SG LEADS).
Browse presentation slides below:
For more presentations from us, head over HERE.
Issue 10 | The Link Between Extended Time in Childcare and Child Development in Singapore
PhD candidate BI Yue, Dr DING Xiao Pan and CFPR Founding Director Prof Jean Yeung released a research brief summarises their research paper that examined the association between the number of hours children spent in childcare centers per week and their behavior problems and early academic achievements in 3- to 6-year-olds, using the national representative SG LEADS dataset.
For more research briefs/ reports from us, head over HERE.
April 2020 | Issue 1
We have completed our first wave of data collection with 5,021 children under the age of 7, from 3,485 households located in all regions of the nation. We would like to share with you some preliminary findings from the study. This first report gives you a sense of the profiles of the study sample, which represents children of all races, and socioeconomic statuses who live in many communities across the nation.
July 2020 | Issue 2
In this second research update, we are pleased to share with you some observed patterns relating to parenting behaviour, boundary setting, discipline measures, parenting attitudes, parenting stress, family conflicts, marital satisfaction, psychological distress, and children’s behaviours. In addition, we show how demographic factors influence time parents spent with their children.
December 2020 | Issue 3
For our third issue, we will share with you our findings about family's social support network, children's daycare arrangements, children’s technology use, food and nutrition, children’s language, family culture, and financial circumstances. We also look at childcare leave, primary caregivers’ work, and briefly answer the question of “Who does the housework and childcare?”
July 2021 | Issue 4
In this research update, we will share with you our findings about pregnancy health, children’s health, medical expenditures, children’s temperaments and behaviours, neighbourhoods, and a little more on childcare arrangements.
June 2022 | Issue 5
In this fifth update, we share findings from the Wave 2 survey, looking at this wave’s study sample profile, how children spend time, time spent with their parents and how households navigated home-based learning (HBL) during Covid-19, as well as some of the impacts it had.
Announcements
April 2024 | SG LEADS Wave 3 Is Coming Soon! Data Collection in 2025!
Thank you for waiting for us! Wave 3 of SG-LEADS has just been confirmed and our team is working hard to prepare for data collection. We hope to see you all in early 2025!
November 2021 | SG LEADS Wave 2 Data Collection Completed!
Children and primary caregivers have been successfully re-interviewed for Wave 2 of the SG LEADS Core Panel Survey! Thank you to our respondents for their support for our study. Our team is working hard to analyze the data and provide report updates soon.
January 2021 | SG LEADS Wave 2 Has Started!
We are excited to start Wave 2 of the SG LEADS Core Panel Survey, to continue studying Singaporean children’s development in order to better understand the factors that can help children reach their full potential!
December 2019 | Wave 1 Data Collection Completed!
Data collection for Wave 1 of the SG LEADS Core Panel Survey has been completed! Children and primary caregivers from all over Singapore have been interviewed, and our team is working hard to analyze the data.
