Home and neighbourhood built environment latent class profiles and young children’s developmental vulnerability: findings from the Australian Early Development Census

Citation:
Christian H, Adams EK, Zhao M, …….. Francis J. Home and neighbourhood built environment latent class profiles and young children’s developmental vulnerability: findings from the Australian Early Development Census. Int J Popul Data Sci. 2026;11(3).

Keywords:
Neighbourhood; latent profile analysis; child development; home; preschool; developmental vulnerability; data linkage

Abstract:
Children's developmental outcomes in their early years have lifelong consequences for later health and wellbeing. Despite persistent geographical inequities in early development, the specific role of the neighbourhood built environment remains underexplored.