Exploring the use of mobile phone technology for optimizing, tracking and responding to children's developmental progress in Korogocho, Nairobi, Kenya, Saving Brains

KENYA, 2019
Human Development (HD)

Patricia Kitsao-Wekulo

CSV JSON

Ask the mother, 'If someone else is holding the baby and you are talking while (ca_lg_q79)

Data file: SavingBrains_BaselineData

Overview

vald 254

invd 0

Interval discrete

Decimal 0

Range 0 - 3

Questions and instructions

Literal question

Ask the mother, “If someone else is holding the baby and you are talking while moving around the room, how will the baby react?” “Have you seen the baby try to search for you and follow you with his/her eyes?”

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
0	0. The baby does not look in your direction or show interest	4	1.6%
1	1. The baby shows interest briefly by looking at you	36	14.2%
2	2. The baby follows a moving person with his/her eyes momentarily	57	22.4%
3	3. The baby follows a moving person with eyes and shows interest in her	157	61.8%

Warning: these figures indicate the number of cases found in the data file. They cannot be interpreted as summary statistics of the population of interest.

Question pretext

The items in this section rely on maternal report and seek to establish (<b>[asq_q2_1]</b>)'s interest in other people.
As an introduction to this section, say to the caregiver/mother, "Now let's talk about the way your child socializes with others."

Follows a moving person with eyes

Question post text

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Interviewer instructions

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Description

Text

Whether the baby tries to search for the mother and follow them with his/her eyes when the mother is moving around the room

Universe

Young mother including adolescents of children under the age of three years.