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

During the assessment, listen for any words that ( ) uses spontaneou (ca_lg_q69)

Data file: SavingBrains_BaselineData

Overview

vald 254

invd 0

Interval discrete

Decimal 0

Range 0 - 3

Questions and instructions

Literal question

“If your child wants something, how does she/he say it?” “Have you heard him say two/three words together to try and make a sentence?”

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
0	0. The child says only one word at a time. The child may say two words but they	145	57.1%
1	1. The child uses two words together in the early form of a sentence, for e.g.,	60	23.6%
2	2. The child uses two-word combinations more than once	19	7.5%
3	3. The child uses three-word combinations in the early form of a sentence, for e	30	11.8%

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

During the assessment, listen for any words that ( [asq_q2_1]) uses spontaneously and appropriately in reference to a specific object or person, e.g. 'red cup' or 'mummy here.' If you do not hear any words during the assessment, ask the mother, "If your child wants something, how does she/he say it?"

Question post text

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Interviewer instructions

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Description

Text

Whether the child uses two/three words together to try and make a sentence

Universe

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