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 your child is upset and you try to comfort him/her, what (ca_lg_q81)

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 your child is upset and you try to comfort him/her, what does s/he do?”

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
0	0. The mother moves closer to the child but the child is not comforted	9	3.5%
1	1. The child reacts to all adults, including the mother, in the same way	14	5.5%
2	2. If the child is crying or fussing and the mother moves close to the child or	137	53.9%
3	3. The child can distinguish the mother from other adults. The child looks for t	94	37%

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."

Seeks comfort when upset

Question post text

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Interviewer instructions

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Description

Text

What the baby does when he/she is upset and the mother tries to comfort him/her

Universe

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