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, 'When you talk to your child, what does s/he do?' 'Does s/he sm (ca_lg_q80)

Data file: SavingBrains_BaselineData

Overview

vald 254

invd 0

Interval discrete

Decimal 0

Range 0 - 3

Questions and instructions

Literal question

Ask the mother, “When you talk to your child, what does s/he do?” “Does s/he smile or ‘talk’ back at you?”

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
0	0. The child does not react in any way	4	1.6%
1	1. The child smiles in response to the mother talking to him/her	95	37.4%
2	2. The child sometimes vocalizes when talked to	85	33.5%
3	3. The child always vocalizes when talked to	70	27.6%

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."

Responds to vocalization

Question post text

N/A

Interviewer instructions

N/A

Description

Text

Whether the baby smiles or talks back at the mother, when the mother talks to the child

Universe

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