https://doi.org/10.17037/DATA.00003124
Anonymised datasets from two cluster-randomised controlled trials of child growth and development in India and Pakistan. The datasets cover outcomes for 12,674 and 12,383 infants; and 12,467 and 13,139 mothers (India and Pakistan respectively) at baseline and endline evaluations. Mothers gave informed consent to participate in a pragmatic, cluster-randomised trial in 24 health sub centre catchment areas in Rewari District, Haryana, India 2015-2017 and 20 union councils (clusters) in Rawalpindi District, Punjab, Pakistan 2014-2016. The datasets contains variables on intervention allocation and cluster code, socio-demographic information, feeding, growth, development, adherence outcomes, parent-child behaviours and details of the environment and social structures of the households.
This data dictionary contains a record of the full list of variables in the STATA database "SPRING_ImpactAssessment_Pakistan.dta"
| variable name | definition/question/statement | values | label | comments |
| masked_womanid | unique ID for each woman (random, anonymised) | integer 1-4814 | ||
| masked_childid | unique ID for each child (random, anonymised) | integer 1-5048 | ||
| spring | spring intervention arm | 0 | control | |
| 1 | intervention | |||
| sector | randomisation unit (geographical area) | integer 1-20 | ||
| datebirth_ym | year and month of birth of child | string | YYYY.MM (Y-year, M-month) | |
| datedeath_ym | year and month of death of child | string | YYYY.MM (Y-year, M-month) | |
| demogdate_ym | year and month of date of visit at which demogrpahy data collected | string | YYYY.MM (Y-year, M-month) | |
| demography | is = to 1 if child has full demography data | 1/. | yes/no | |
| mage_deliv | mothers age in years at delivery | integer | ||
| noeduc | mother no education | 1/0 | no education/some education | |
| dem_mother_educ | mother number of years of education | integer | ||
| agehome | age of child in months at time of 12 month assessment | number (5dp) | ||
| agebayley | age of child in months at time of 18 month assessment | number (5dp) | ||
| sex | gender of child | 1/0 | male/female | |
| num_born2 | child is a twin/triplet | 1/0 | multiple birth/single birth | |
| facility | is = 1 if child delivered in a facility | 1/0 | yes/no | |
| quintile | wealth quintile (households ranked by wealthindex value) | integer 1-5 | 1-poorest 5-least poor | |
| bottom2q | is = 1 if child is in the poorest two quintiles (1 or 2) | 1/0 | yes/no | |
| wealthindex | socio-economic status index | number (7dp) | data reduction techniques were used to create an index based on information about house construction, ownership of household items, land, animals and transport means, and water and sanitation infrastructure. Using principal components analysis, a coefficient is was assigned to each variable included in the asset index by means of an iterative model based on its importance in relation to the other variables. The sum of the coefficients for each household was then used to calculate the overall SES index | |
| bclus_noeduc | cluster average proportion mothers no education at baseline | number (6dp) | ||
| bclus_facdeliv | cluster average proportion mothers delivered in facility at baseline | number (6dp) | ||
| bclus_stunt | cluster average proportion children stunted at baseline | number (6dp) | ||
| home_inout | eligible children assessed for HOME/Feeding at 12m of age | 1/0/. | assessed/not assessed/not eligible | |
| bay_inout | eligible children assessed for BSID/Anthropometry at 18m of age | 1/0/. | assessed/not assessed/not eligible | |
| phq_inout | eligible mothers assessed for PHQ9 at 12m | 1/0/. | assessed/not assessed/not eligible | |
| homeimpact | status of mother-child dyad for 12m assessment | 1 | one or more 12m assessment done | |
| 2 | child died | |||
| 3 | mum died | |||
| 4 | child given away - ineligible | |||
| 5 | moved out | |||
| 6 | divorced/separated | |||
| 7 | child has congenital malformations - ineligible | |||
| 8 | mother ill at assessment | |||
| 9 | child illat assessment | |||
| 10 | refused/withdrawn | |||
| 11 | assessment not done | |||
| 12 | child unsettled | |||
| 13 | child was non-index twin | |||
| 14 | born after sample size met | |||
| bayimpact | status of mother-child dyad for 18m assessment | 1 | one or more 18m assessment done | |
| integer 2-14 | as homeimpact | |||
| phqimpact | status of mother-child dyad for PHQ9 | 1 | phq9 done | |
| integer 2-14 | as homeimpact | |||
| delivisit_ym | year and month of date of visit at which delivery/post-birth outcomes collected (see comments for variables in question) | string | YYYY.MM (Y-year, M-month) | |
| noprelac | no prelacteals given? | 1/0 | no prelacteals/prelacteals given | data collected on surveillance (longitudinal follow-up) form. Added here for reference. Data also found in SPRING_ImpactFeedingfoll_Pakistan |
| bf1hr | child breastfed within 1 hour of birth? | 1/0 | yes/no | |
| exclbf | child exclusively breastfed in the last 24hours (birth visit)? | 1/0 | yes/no | |
| rec_mealfreq_b | child recieved recommended number of meals for their age + breastfeeding status (birth visit)? | 1/0 | yes/no | |
| mealtot_b | total number of semisolid and solid meals yesterday (birth visit) | integer | ||
| bfany_b | child breastfed in the last 24hours (birth visit)? | 1/0 | yes/no | |
| complimentary6m | child received solids/semisolids in last 24hrs (asked to children at 6m of age)? | 1/0 | yes/no | |
| has0_5FEED | child has full data in the delivery-6m feeding data sample | 1/0 | yes/no | |
| has6_24FEED | child has full data in the 6m-24m feeding data sample | 1/0 | yes/no | |
| ass12date_ym | year and month of date of visit at which 12m assessment (any) conducted | string | YYYY.MM (Y-year, M-month) | |
| ass18date_ym | year and month of date of visit at which 18m assessment (any) conducted | string | YYYY.MM (Y-year, M-month) | |
| final12anthro | child has complete anthropometry data at 12months? | 1/. | yes/no | |
| final18anthro | child has complete anthropometry data at 18months? | 1/. | yes/no | |
| home_haz06 | height for age z-score at 12m | number (2dp) | ||
| home_waz06 | weight for age z-score at 12m | number (2dp) | ||
| home_whz06 | weight for height z-score at 12m | number (2dp) | ||
| stunted18 | child is <2 z-scores below average height-for-age at 18m | 1/0 | yes/no | |
| underweight18 | child is <2 z-scores below average weight-for-age at 18m | 1/0 | yes/no | |
| wasted18 | child is <2 z-scores below average weight-for-height at 18m | 1/0 | yes/no | |
| any_ciaf18 | child is either stunted, underweight or wasted at 18m | 1/0 | yes/no | |
| underwaste18 | child is wasted + underweight at 18m | 1/0 | yes/no | |
| understunt18 | child is stunted + underweight at 18m | 1/0 | yes/no | |
| nourish18 | child is neither stunted nor underweight nor wasted at 18m | 1/0 | yes/no | |
| all_ciaf18 | child is stunted + underweight+ wasted at 18m | 1/0 | yes/no | |
| bay_haz06 | height for age z-score at 18m | number (2dp) | ||
| bay_waz06 | weight for age z-score at 18m | number (2dp) | ||
| bay_whz06 | weight for height z-score at 18m | number (2dp) | ||
| diff_haz | change in height for age z-score 12-18months | number (2dp) | ||
| diff_waz | change in weight for age z-score 12-18months | number (2dp) | ||
| diff_whz | change in weihgt for height z-score 12-18months | number (2dp) | ||
| home12m | child is in final HOME analysis sample | 1/0 | yes/no | |
| home | total HOME score | integer | Assessed when child was 12 months of age | |
| responsive | total score for HOME section on responsivity | integer | ||
| acceptance | total score for HOME section on acceptance of child's behaviour | integer | ||
| organise | total score for HOME section on organisation of environment | integer | ||
| learning | total score for HOME section on learnig materials | integer | ||
| involve | total score for HOME section on parental involvement | integer | ||
| variety | total score for HOME section on variety | integer | ||
| home_conscious | Did caregiver consciously encourage developmental advancement? | 1/0/9 | yes/no/HOME not done | |
| home_praise | Did caregiver spontaneously praise child? | 1/0/9 | yes/no/HOME not done | |
| home_vocalize | Did caregiver spontaneously vocalize to child at least twice during HOME visit? | 1/0/9 | yes/no/HOME not done | |
| home_respond | Did caregiver spontaneously respond to child’s vocalisations during HOME visit? | 1/0/9 | yes/no/HOME not done | |
| Did caregiver talk to child whilst doing housework? | 1/0/9 | yes/no/HOME not done | ||
| bsid18m | child is in final 18m BSID II analysis sample | 1/0 | yes/no | |
| grossmotor | raw score for gross motor assessment | integer | Assessed when child was 18 months of age | |
| finemotor | raw score for fine motor assessment | integer | ||
| cogbayley | raw score for cognitive assessment | integer | ||
| receptive | raw score for receptive language assessment | integer | ||
| expressive | raw score for expressive language assessment | integer | ||
| motor_comp | final composite score for psychomotor development | integer | ||
| cog_comp | final composite score for cognitive development | integer | ||
| lang_comp | final composite score for language development | integer | ||
| gm_scale | scaled score for gross motor assessment | integer | ||
| fm_scale | scaled score for fine motor assessment | integer | ||
| cog_scale | scaled score for cognitive assessment | integer | ||
| rl_scale | scaled score for receptive language assessment | integer | ||
| el_scale | scaled score for expressive language assessment | integer | ||
| delaym | child is >1SD below the average psychomotor composite score? | 1/0 | yes/no | |
| delayl | child is >1SD below the average language composite score? | 1/0 | yes/no | |
| delayc | child is >1SD below the average cogntive composite score? | 1/0 | yes/no | |
| sdelaym | child is >2SD below the average psychomotor composite score? | 1/0 | yes/no | |
| sdelayl | child is >2SD below the average language composite score? | 1/0 | yes/no | |
| sdelayc | child is >2SD below the average cogntive composite score? | 1/0 | yes/no | |
| gm_ratio | gross motor developmental age ratio | number (5dp) | ||
| fm_ratio | fine motor developmental age ratio | number (5dp) | ||
| co_ratio | cognitive developmental age ratio | number (5dp) | ||
| rl_ratio | receptive language developmental age ratio | number (5dp) | ||
| el_ratio | expressive language developmental age ratio | number (5dp) | ||
| gm_delay | gross motor developmental delay in months | number (6dp) | ||
| fm_delay | fine motor developmental delay in months | number (6dp) | ||
| co_delay | cognitive developmental delay in months | number (6dp) | ||
| rl_delay | receptive language developmental delay in months | number (6dp) | ||
| el_delay | expressive language developmental delay in months | number (6dp) | ||
| dev_gm_age | developmental age of child for gross motor skills | integer | ||
| dev_fm_age | developmental age of child for fine motor skills | integer | ||
| dev_cog_age | developmental age of child for cognitive skills | integer | ||
| dev_rl_age | developmental age of child for receptive language skills | integer | ||
| dev_el_age | developmental age of child for expressive language skills | integer | ||
| feed12m | child is in final 12m feeding analysis sample | 1/0 | yes/no | |
| missfeed | child has missing 12month feeding data? | 1/0 | yes/no | |
| enrich | Mother specifically enriches child's food with oil or butter? | 1/0 | yes/no | |
| food4grp | child receiving 4 or more food groups yesterday | 1/0 | yes/no | |
| rec_mealfreq | child receiving recommended number of meals | 1/0 | yes/no | |
| who_3recommend | child following WHO criteria for minimum acceptable diet | 1/0 | yes/no | |
| mealtot | total number of semisolid and solid meals yesterday | integer | for children not breastfed, this additionally includes the number of milk feeds (formula/yoghurt, etc) | |
| anyenrich | Mother enriches child's food with any food item? | 1/0 | yes/no | |
| bfany | child breastfed in the last 24hours? | 1/0 | yes/no | |
| breast_ever | child ever breastfed since birth? | 1/0 | yes/no | |
| breast_times | number of times child was breastfed | integer | ||
| other_breast | did child take breastmilk another way (other woman, from a bottle, etc) | 1/0 | yes/no | |
| other_foods | what other foods did the child receive in the last 24 hours? | |||
| food_grains | was the child given grains in the last 24hrs? | 1/2/8/9 | yes/no/don't know/not eligible | |
| food_pumpkin | was the child given pumpkin, squash, carrot or other yellow vegetable in the last 24hrs? | 1/2/8/9 | yes/no/don't know/not eligible | |
| food_roots | was the child given potates or other roots in the last 24hrs | 1/2/8/9 | yes/no/don't know/not eligible | |
| food_darkgreen | was the child given spinach, radish leaves or other green vegetables in the last 24hrs? | 1/2/8/9 | yes/no/don't know/not eligible | |
| food_mangoes | was the child given mangoes, papaya, peaches, loquat, apricot, persimmon or oranges in the last 24 hrs? | 1/2/8/9 | yes/no/don't know/not eligible | |
| food_otherfruits | was the child given any other fruits or vegetables in the last 24hrs? | 1/2/8/9 | yes/no/don't know/not eligible | |
| food_organs | was the child given organ meat (gizzard, tripe, etc) in the last 24hrs? | 1/2/8/9 | yes/no/don't know/not eligible | |
| food_meat | was the child given any meat in the last 24hrs (beef, chicken etc)? | 1/2/8/9 | yes/no/don't know/not eligible | |
| food_eggs | was the child given eggs in the last 24hrs? | 1/2/8/9 | yes/no/don't know/not eligible | |
| food_fish | was the child given any seafood (fish/crustaceans) in the last 24hrs? | 1/2/8/9 | yes/no/don't know/not eligible | |
| food_beans | was the child given any pulses (beans, lentils peas) in the last 24hrs? | 1/2/8/9 | yes/no/don't know/not eligible | |
| food_cheese | was the child given any dairy products in the last 24hrs? | 1/2/8/9 | yes/no/don't know/not eligible | |
| food_oil | was the child given any oils or fats in the last 24hrs? | 1/2/8/9 | yes/no/don't know/not eligible | |
| food_chocolate | was the child given any sweets or chocolates in the last 24hrs? | 1/2/8/9 | yes/no/don't know/not eligible | |
| food_spices | was the child given any condiments (pepper, chilles herbs, etc) in the last 24hrs? | 1/2/8/9 | yes/no/don't know/not eligible | |
| anysolids | was the child given any solid or semisolid food in the last 24hrs? | 1/2/8/9 | yes/no/don't know/not eligible | |
| timessolids | how many times was the child given solid/semisolid food in the last 24hrs? | integer | ||
| quantityeaten | how much of the above foods did the child eat in the last 24hrs? | 1 | 1 bowl | |
| 2 | 3/4 bowl | |||
| 3 | 1/2 bowl | |||
| 4 | 1/4 bowl | |||
| 5 | >1 bowl | |||
| 6 | <1/4 bowl | |||
| 9 | not eligible | |||
| formulamilk | was the child given formula milk in the last 24hrs? | 1/2/8/9 | yes/no/don't know/not eligible | |
| formulamilk_times | how many times was the child given formla milk in the last 24hrs? | integer | ||
| milk | was the child given other milk (powdered, or fresh animal milk) in the last 24hrs? | 1/2/8/9 | yes/no/don't know/not eligible | |
| milk_times | how many times was the child given other milk in the last 24hrs? | integer | ||
| juices | was the child given fruit juice or squash in the last 24hrs? | 1/2/8/9 | yes/no/don't know/not eligible | |
| yogurt | was the child given yoghurt in the last 24hrs? | 1/2/8/9 | yes/no/don't know/not eligible | |
| yogurt_times | how many times was the child given yoghurt in the last 24hrs? | integer | ||
| water_based | was the child given any water-based drinks (herbal tea, gripe water, etc) in the last 24hrs? | 1/2/8/9 | yes/no/don't know/not eligible | |
| sodas | was the child given soda/fizzy drinks in the last 24hrs? | 1/2/8/9 | yes/no/don't know/not eligible | |
| other_liquids | was the child given anything else to drink in the last 24hrs? | 1/2/8/9 | yes/no/don't know/not eligible | |
| drinknipple | was the child given anything to drink from a bottle with a nipple in the last 24hrs? | 1/2/8/9 | yes/no/don't know/not eligible | |
| heard_enhance | have you heard of things you cando to enhance nutritional value of child's food? | 1/2/8/9 | yes/no/don't know/not eligible | |
| ever_enhance | have you ever enhanced the nutritional value of child's food | 1/2/8/9 | yes/no/don't know/not eligible | |
| freq_enhance | how often do you enhance the nutritional value of the child's food? | 1/2/3/9 | monthly/weekly/daily/not eligible | |
| kurkure | did the child have crisps/Kurkure/s;anty in the last 7 days? | 1/2/8/9 | yes/no/don't know/not eligible | |
| sweets | did the child have any sweets/chocolate in the last 7 days? | 1/2/8/9 | yes/no/don't know/not eligible | |
| fizzy | did the child have any fizzy drinks in the last 7 days? | 1/2/8/9 | yes/no/don't know/not eligible | |
| finalphq | child-mother dyad is in final PHQ9 analysis sample | 1/0 | yes/no | |
| totphq9 | total PHQ9 score | integer | ||
| mod2sev_dep | mother has moderate to severe depression? | 1/0 | yes/no | |
| suicide | mother had thoughts that she would be better off dead, or of hurting herself in some way at least several days in last 2 weeks | 1/0 | yes/no | |
| depress | mother reaches or passes threshold for depression? | 1/0 | yes/no | |
| sevmodsev_dep | mother has moderately severe or severe depression? | 1/0 | yes/no | |
| sevdepress | mother has severe depression? | 1/0 | yes/no | |
| difficult | mother has at least some difficulty in doing work, take care of things at home, or getting along with other people? | 1/0 | yes/no | |
| vdifficult | mother finds it very or extremely difficult to do work, take care of things at home, or get along with other people? | 1/0 | yes/no | |
| phq_fatigue | Feeling tired or having little energy? | 0 | not at all | All PHQ9 questions refer to the past 2 weeks. PHQ9 survey conducted at 12 months post-delivery |
| 1 | several days | |||
| 2 | more than half the days | |||
| 3 | nearly every day | |||
| 9 | not eligible/form not completed | |||
| phq_appetite | Poor appetite or overeating? | 0/1/2/3/9 | as phq_fatigue | |
| phq_sleep | Trouble falling or staying asleep or sleeping too much? | 0/1/2/3/9 | as phq_fatigue | |
| phq_movement | Moving or speaking so slowly that people could have noticed? Or being so restless that you move around a lot more than usual? | 0/1/2/3/9 | as phq_fatigue | |
| phq_conc | Trouble concentrating on things, such as reading the newspaper or watching the television? | 0/1/2/3/9 | as phq_fatigue | |
| phq_pleasure | Little interest or pleasure in doing activities you enjoyed previously? | 0/1/2/3/9 | as phq_fatigue | |
| phq_down | Feeling depressed, hopeless or low in mood? | 0/1/2/3/9 | as phq_fatigue | |
| phq_self | Feeling bad about yourself – or that you are a failure or have let yourself or your family down? | 0/1/2/3/9 | as phq_fatigue | |
| phq_hurt | Thoughts that you would be better off dead, or of hurting yourself in some way? | 0/1/2/3/9 | as phq_fatigue | |
| phq_diff | Considering the problems you have told me about, how difficult have these problems made it for you to do your work, take care of things at home, or get along with other people? | 1 | not at all | |
| 2 | somewhat difficult | |||
| 3 | very difficult | |||
| 4 | extremely dfficult | |||
| 9 | not applicable/not eligible/form not completed | |||
| finalsoc | child-mother dyad is in final Dukes' analysis sample | 1/. | yes/no or not eligible | |
| dukesupp | Dukes overall support score (%) | number (5dp) | ||
| supp_duke_fam | Dukes family support score (%) | number (5dp) | ||
| supp_duke_nonf | Dukes non-family support score (%) | number (5dp) | ||
| dukestr | Dukes overall stress score (%) | number (5dp) | ||
| str_duke_fam | Dukes family stress score (%) | number (5dp) | ||
| str_duke_nonf | Dukes non-family stress score (%) | number (5dp) | ||
| sp1b | how suportive is your husband nowadays? | 0/1/2 | not at all/some/a lot | All support questions are asked only if woman indicates she has the relative or friend in question. Dukes' survey conducted at 18m post delivery |
| sp2b | how suportive are your children nowadays? | 0/1/2 | not at all/some/a lot | |
| sp3b | how suportive are your parents or grandparents nowadays? | 0/1/2 | not at all/some/a lot | |
| sp4b | how suportive are your brothers or sisters nowadays? | 0/1/2 | not at all/some/a lot | |
| sp5b | how suportive are your other blood relatives (e.g., uncle, aunty, cousin) nowadays? | 0/1/2 | not at all/some/a lot | |
| sp6b | how suportive are your relatives by marriage (e.g., parents-in-law, sister or brother-in-law) nowadays? | 0/1/2 | not at all/some/a lot | |
| sp7b | how suportive are your neighbours nowadays? | 0/1/2 | not at all/some/a lot | |
| sp8b_new | how supportive are the government or non-government workers who visit nowadays? | 0/1/2 | not at all/some/a lot | |
| sp9b | how supportive are the welfare/religious groups you are part of nowadays? | 0/1/2 | not at all/some/a lot | |
| sp10b | how supportive are your other friends nowadays? | 0/1/2 | not at all/some/a lot | |
| sp11a_new | do you have a particular person who you trust and can go to with personal difficulties? | 2/0 | yes/no | |
| sp12b | is this person a family member or not? | 1/2 | family member/non family member | |
| st1b | how stressed do you feel by your husband nowadays? | 0/1/2 | not at all/some/a lot | All stress questions are asked only if woman indicates she has the relative or friend in question. Dukes' survey conducted at 18m post delivery |
| st2b | how stressed do you feel by your children nowadays? | 0/1/2 | not at all/some/a lot | |
| st3b | how stressed do you feel by your parents or grandparents nowadays? | 0/1/2 | not at all/some/a lot | |
| st4b | how stressed do you feel by your brothers or sisters? | 0/1/2 | not at all/some/a lot | |
| st5b | how stressed do you feel by other blood relatives (e.g., uncle, aunty, cousin) nowadays? | 0/1/2 | not at all/some/a lot | |
| st6b | how stressed do you feel by your relatives by marriage (e.g., parents-in-law, sister or brother-in-law) nowadays? | 0/1/2 | not at all/some/a lot | |
| st7b | how stressed do you feel by your neighbours nowadays? | 0/1/2 | not at all/some/a lot | |
| st8b_new | how stressed do you feel by the government or non-government workers who visit nowadays? | 0/1/2 | not at all/some/a lot | |
| st9b | how stressed do you feel by the welfare/religious groups you are part of nowadays? | 0/1/2 | not at all/some/a lot | |
| st10b | how stressed do you feel by your other friends nowadays? | 0/1/2 | not at all/some/a lot | |
| st11a_new | do you have a particular person who causes the most stress for you? | 2/0 | yes/no | |
| st12b | is this person a family member or not? | 1/2 | family member/non family member | |
| matknow18m | child-mother dyad is in final maternal knowledge analysis sample | 1/0 | yes/no or not eligible | |
| knowledge | mother overall knowledge score | number (5dp) | ||
| know_bf | mother knowledge score for subsection on breasteeding (%) | number (5dp) | ||
| know_cfeed | mother knowledge score for subsection on complementary feeding (%) | number (5dp) | ||
| know_stim | mother knowledge score for subsection on child stimulation (%) | number (5dp) | ||
| mk1 | Breast-feeding in the first hour after birth helps make the newborn stronger against diseases | 1/0 | yes/no or don't know | |
| mk2 | Feeding colostrum to the newborn makes him healthy. | 1/0 | yes/no or don't know | |
| mk3 | If a good quality pre lacteal is selected, it makes the child healthier and stronger. | 1/0 | no/yes or don't know | |
| mk4 | During breast-feeding, it is important not to make eye-contact with the child so that s/he is not distracted from feeding | 1/0 | no/yes or don't know | |
| mk5 | Playing with a 4-month-old child with a rattle improves his sense of hearing. | 1/0 | yes/no or don't know | |
| mk6 | Exclusive breast-feeding for the first six months of life doesn’t fulfill all the nutritional needs of a growing child | 1/0 | yes/no or don't know | |
| mk7 | While doing house chores like cooking, washing and cleaning, it is important to continue to chat and play with your child, even though you are busy | 1/0 | yes/no or don't know | |
| mk8 | Any dietary additions to breast-milk during a child’s first six months can cause damage to his kidneys and stomach | 1/0 | yes/no or don't know | |
| mk9 | Soft/mushy food should be introduced to a child at the age of 6 months | 1/0 | yes/no or don't know | |
| mk10 | New foods should be introduced to a 6- month-old child one-at-a-time( for example: rice, porridge, meat, fruits, vegetables) | 1/0 | yes/no or don't know | |
| mk11 | Breast feeding is only required for child in the first year. | 1/0 | no/yes or don't know | |
| mk12 | The best way to get a child to behave is to praise him when he does something good. | 1/0 | yes/no or don't know | |
| mk13 | Chatting with your child and singing lullabies, kalma, naat (poems and songs) etc will help him to learn | 1/0 | yes/no or don't know | |
| mk14 | A crawling child should be scolded when he puts something in his mouth | 1/0 | no/yes or don't know | |
| mk15 | Too much love and attention will spoil a young child | 1/0 | no/yes or don't know | |
| mk16 | There is no need to give toys to children less than 1 year old | 1/0 | no/yes or don't know | |
| mk17 | If a 14-month-old child wants a snack other than meal time, give him toffee, chips or fizzy/juice drinks | 1/0 | no/yes or don't know | |
| mk18 | When teaching a 14 months old child- it is better to discipline him for his mistakes. | 1/0 | no/yes or don't know | |
| mk19 | As soon as an 18-month-old child begins to eat 3 proper meals with elders, his breastfeeding should be stopped | 1/0 | no/yes or don't know | |
| mk20 | A 7-month old who spits out his food is not yet ready to start feeding. | 1/0 | no/yes or don't know | |
| mk21 | Meal times should focus on feeding, games and chatting are distracting. | 1/0 | no/yes or don't know | |
| mk22 | An 8-month old who is fed the same thing each day, will get used to the taste and eat better. | 1/0 | yes/no or don't know | |
| mk23 | Children older than 6 months need a variety of food to stay healthy. | 1/0 | yes/no or don't know | |
| mat_agencycap | child is in final maternal agency and capability analysis | 1/0 | yes/no or not eligible | |
| n_agency | score: extent to which the mother's actions are determined by her own intrinsic motivation as opposed to external pressure by others | number 0-1 (7dp) | The maternal agency score is calculated based on i10 items repeated over three domains of life: work, household chores and health care seeking. In each domain, 4 items reflect internal motivation, while 6 reflect external motivation. To calculate the maternal agency score, a weighted sum is taken over all 10 items. Items reflecting internal motivation are weighted +1, and items reflecting external motivation are weighted - 2/3. After obtaining scores on each domain separately, the domain-specific scores are summed to obtain an overall agency score, with a minimum value of -12 and a maximum value of 12. To aid comparison, the raw score is normalised to a scale of 0-1 | |
| n_capabilities | score: extent to which a mother is able to achieve important and valued ‘functionings’ | number 0-1 (7dp) | 5 items relating respectively to security, love, independence, achievement and enjoyment are rated on a 4-point Likert scale and coded from 1 (least amount of security, love, etc.) to 4 (maximal amount of security, love, etc.). The score is calculated using published factor weights. To ease the comparison the raw scores is normalised to a scale of 0-1 |