10.17037/DATA.128
Dataset and supporting documentation collected as part of the Entebbe Mother and Baby Study (EMaBS), a clinical trial that investigated potential benefits of treating worm infections during pregnancy and early childhood. The dataset contains variables collected from mothers (at registration) and infants (when the child was one-year of age), including maternal age, education, parity and infection status (malaria, S. mansoni, hookworm, filariasis), and infant sex and immune responses (to HiB, diphtheria, Hepatitis B, pertussis, FHA, pertactin).
The dataset contains the 22 variables outlined below.
Variable Name | Variable Label | Answer Label | Answer Code | Variable Type |
idno | Unlinked ID number for baby | Open ended | Numeric | |
albM | Albendazole (mother) | Numeric | ||
Placebo | 0 | |||
Albendazole | 1 | |||
prazM | Praziquantel (mother) | Numeric | ||
Placebo | 0 | |||
Praziquantel | 1 | |||
sex | Sex (baby) | Numeric | ||
Male | 1 | |||
Female | 2 | |||
mscr_parasites | Mother with malaria parasites | Numeric | ||
No | 0 | |||
Yes | 1 | |||
mscr_mansoni | S. mansoni at enrollment (mother) | Numeric | ||
No | 0 | |||
Yes | 1 | |||
mscr_hookworm | Hookworm at enrollment (mother) | Numeric | ||
No | 0 | |||
Yes | 1 | |||
mscr_fil | Mother with filariasis | Numeric | ||
No | 0 | |||
Yes | 1 | |||
mscr_ascaris | Ascaris at enrollment (mother) | Numeric | ||
No | 0 | |||
Yes | 1 | |||
mscr_trichuris | Maternal Trichuris | Numeric | ||
No | 0 | |||
Yes | 1 | |||
mscr_strongy | Maternal Strongyloidiasis | Numeric | ||
No | 0 | |||
Yes | 1 | |||
mscr_age | Age of mother | Open ended | Numeric | |
mscr_pregnumgp | Mother's parity | Numeric | ||
1 | 1 | |||
2-4 | 2 | |||
5+ | 3 | |||
mscr_educ | Mother's education | Numeric | ||
None | 1 | |||
Primary | 2 | |||
Senior | 3 | |||
Tertiary | 4 | |||
mscr_hhsesgp | Mother's SES group | Numeric | ||
1 Lowest | 1 | |||
6 Highest | 6 | |||
mscr_agegp | Mother's age group | Numeric | ||
14-19 | 1 | |||
20-24 | 2 | |||
25-29 | 3 | |||
30-34 | 4 | |||
35+ | 5 | |||
hib | HiB (g/ml) | Open ended | double | |
dt | Diphtheria (Dtox IU/ml) | Open ended | double | |
hepb | Hepatitis B | Open ended | double | |
pertus | Pertussis (Ptx EU/ml) | Open ended | double | |
fha | FHA (EU/ml) | Open ended | double | |
pertac | Pertactin (Pm EU/ml) | Open ended | double |