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

Place 12 cubes in front of ( and say to (, 'Letâ€™s bu (ca_fm_q50)

Data file: SavingBrains_BaselineData

Overview

vald 254

invd 0

Interval discrete

Decimal 0

Range 0 - 3

Questions and instructions

Literal question

Place 12 cubes in front of ([child_name] and say to ([child_name], “Let’s build a tower.” Demonstrate building a tower by putting one block on top of another. Encourage ([child_name] to join in. Break down the tower and say to ([child_name], “Now you make a big tower.” Encourage ([child_name] to continue building the tower. If the blocks fall, encourage ([child_name] to build again, up to 3 trials. Record the number of blocks in the highest tower that ([child_name] has built across the 3 trials.

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
0	0. The child does not/is not able to build a tower	126	49.6%
1	1. The child builds a tower of up to 4 cubes	52	20.5%
2	2. The child builds a tower of 5-8 cubes	66	26%
3	3. The child builds a tower of 9-12 cubes	10	3.9%

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

C. COGNITION
At the beginning of this section, say to ([child_name], “We will now play some games which show how you use your hands and fingers.”
Introduce this section by saying: “We will play some games of building blocks and matching colours.”
50. Builds tower
Materials:12 wooden cubes

Question post text

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Interviewer instructions

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Description

Text

Whether the child is able to build a tower using 12 wooden cubes

Universe

Children (of young mothers or adolescents) under the age of three years or young mothers including adolescents