The Role of the Family Network When Raising a Child with a Disability in Low- and Middle-Income Countries

Family plays a role in supporting child development, by facilitating caregiving and other parental practices. Low- middle-income families typically have complex structure with many relatives living together the same household. The of family complexity children disabilities is still unknown. In this study, we use data from N = 22,405 severe (N 876) mild or no disability 21,529) large dataset collected 2005–2007 Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey. particular, adopt PageRank, well-known algorithm used search engines, to quantify importance each network. We then analyze level received light child’s developmental status, using generalized linear model. Results show main effect interaction status. Post hoc analysis reveals that higher associated better outcome only for disability.