Dataset for: Results of a cluster-randomised controlled equivalence trial of the Surprise Soap hand washing intervention among older children living in a refugee settlement in Sudan – Data Codebook

Permanent identifier

10.17037/DATA.00003563

Description

Increasing handwashing with soap (HWWS) among older children in emergency settings can have a large public health impact, however, evidence on what works is limited. One promising approach is the ‘Surprise Soap’ intervention in which a novel soap with an embedded toy is delivered to children in a short, participatory household session. This dataset contains the results of a cluster-randomised controlled equivalence trial to evaluate the Surprise Soap intervention against a standard intervention in a complex emergency setting.

Dataset Codebook

Variable name Variable description Answer label Answer code Variable type
hh_id Household label integer number   Numeric
intervention_status_as_assigned Trial arm as assigned     Text
    Control Control  
    Intervention Intervention  
intervention_status_as_received Trial arm as received     Text
    Control Control  
    Intervention Intervention  
Enumerator_label Enumerator label   alphabetic code (A - J) Text
Respondent_gender Survey respondent gender     Text
    Female female  
    Male male  
total_number_hh_members Total number of household members   1 to 18 Numeric
total_number_hh_members_5_12 Total number of household members age 5-12   1 to 9 Numeric
total_number_hh_members_under_5 Total number of household members aged under 5   0 to 9 integer
total_months_in_residence Total number of months living in current residence   12 to 108 integer
length_of_displacement_years Number of years since displacement     Text
    6 months or under <6_months  
    6 months to 1 year 6_months_1_year  
    1 - 2 years 1_2_years  
    2 - 3 years 2_3_years  
    3 - 4 years 3_4_years  
    More than 4 years >4_years  
someone_in_hh_earning_income Someone in the household who is earning an income     Text
    No no  
    Yes yes  
number_hh_members_earning_income Number of household members earning an income   0 to 3 Numeric
income_source Main source of income     Text
    Formal employment formal_employment  
    Informal employment informal_employment  
    Prefer not to answer prefer_not_to_answer  
    Not applicable - no members of hh earning income na  
highest_level_education_completed Respondent's highest level of education completed     Text
    None none  
    Primary primary  
    Secondary secondary  
    Higher higher  
    Prefer not to answer prefer_not_to_answer  
drinking_water_source Drinking water source     Text
    Tap inside house tap_inside_house  
    Tap in compound tap_in_compound  
    Tap in neighbour house tap_in_neighbour_house  
    Public tap or standpipe public_tap_or_standpipe  
    Tube well bore hole tube_well_bore_hole  
    Unprotected well unprotected_well  
    Water kiosk water_kiosk  
    Collected rainwater collected_rainwater  
    Protected spring protected_spring  
    Unprotected spring unprotected_spring  
    Surface water surface_water  
    Bottled water purchased bottled_water_purchased  
    Bottled water free bottled_water_free  
    Other other  
water_source_for_other_purposes Source of water used for purposes other than drinking     Text
    Tap inside house tap_inside_house  
    Tap in compound tap_in_compound  
    Tap in neighbour house tap_in_neighbour_house  
    Public tap or standpipe public_tap_or_standpipe  
    Tube well bore hole tube_well_bore_hole  
    Unprotected well unprotected_well  
    Water tanker truck water_tanker_truck  
    Water kiosk water_kiosk  
    Collected rainwater collected_rainwater  
    Protected spring protected_spring  
    Unprotected spring unprotected_spring  
    Surface water surface_water  
    Bottled water purchased bottled_water_purchased  
    Bottled water free bottled_water_free  
    Other other  
water_access_challenges Water access challenges faced     Text
    Frequently frequently  
    Occasionally occasionally  
    Never never  
type_handwashing_facility Type of handwashing facility used by the household     Text
    Fixed facility inside house fixed_facility_inside_house  
    Fixed facility in yard or compound fixed_facility_in_yard_or_compound  
    Mobile object (such as jug/bucket/kettle) mobile_object  
    No facility (no handwashing place) no_facility  
    Permission denied (respondent did not give permission to see) permission_denied  
latrine_shared Sharing of latrine used by the household     Text
    No no  
    Yes yes  
data_collection_round Data collection round     Text
    Baseline baseline  
    Week 4 week_4  
    Week 12 week_12  
    Endline endline  
handwashing_station_present Presence of handwashing facility in the household     Text
    No no  
    Yes yes  
handwashing_station_reachable Handwashing station reachable by children     Text
    No no  
    Yes yes  
    Not applicable - no handwashing station na  
soap_available Soap available in the household     Text
    No no  
    Yes yes  
soap_reachable_by_children Soap reachable by children     Text
    No no  
    Yes yes  
water_available_for handwashing Water available for handwashing     Text
    No no  
    Yes yes  
water_reachable_by_children Water reachable by children     Text
    No no  
    Yes yes  
child_age Age of child observed   5 to 12 Numeric
child_sex Sex of child observed     Text
    Female female  
    Male male  
unique_child_id Unique child identifier (considered unique in each data collection round)     Text
event_type Event type observed     Text
    After toilet after_toilet  
    Before eating before_eating  
    Before preparing food before_preparing_food  
    Before serving food before_serving_food  
    After handling faeces after_handling_faeces  
    Hand wash - other hand_wash_other  
key_event Event is a key event     Text
    No no  
    Yes yes  
action_taken Action accompanying event     Text
    Water only water_only  
    Soap and water soap_and_water  
    No action no_action  
    Did not see did_not_see  
surprise_soap_remaining_endline Surprise Soap remaining at endline (intevention arm only)     Text
    No no  
    Yes yes  
num_surprise_soap_remaining Number of bars of Surprise Soap remaining (intervention arm only)     Text
      0 to 4  
    Not applicable - control group, or not endline data collection round, or no Surprise Soap remaining na  
proportion_remaining_surprise_soap_wet A Remaining Surprise Soap is wet on inspection (intervention arm only) proportion_remaining_surprise_soap_wet   Text
    No no  
    Yes yes  
    Not applicable - control group, or not endline data collection round, or no Surprise Soap remaining na  
toy_still_inside_soap The toy is still embedded inside the remaining bar of Surprise Soap (intervention arm only)     Text
    No no  
    Yes yes  
    Not applicable - control group, or not endline data collection round, or no Surprise Soap remaining na  
num_days_taken_to_reach_toy Estimated number of days taken to reach the toy inside the soap (intervention arm only)     Text
      2 to 7  
    Not applicable na  
num_surprise_soap_purposefully_broken Number of bars of Surprise Soap purposefully broken  (intervention arm only)     Text
      integer number  
    Not applicable na  
child_initially_excited_to_receive_soap Child was initally excited to receive Surprise Soap -caregiver reported (intervention arm only)     Text
    No no  
    Yes yes  
    Not applicable - control group, or not endline data collection round na  
child_still_excited_to_receive_surprise_soap_endline Child was still excited to receive Surprise Soap at endline - caregiver reported  (intervention arm only)     Text
    No no  
    Yes yes  
    Not applicable - control group, or not endline data collection round na  
caregiver_believe_hwws_increased_initially Caregiver believes children's handwashing with soap increased after the first distribution of Surprise Soap  (intervention arm only)     Text
    No no  
    Yes yes  
    Not applicable - control group, or not endline data collection round na  
caregiver_believes_hwws_still_increased_at_endline Caregiver believes children's handwashing with soap still higher at endline  (intervention arm only)     Text
    No no  
    Yes yes  
    Not applicable - control group, or not endline data collection round na  
any_children_under_five_used_surprise_soap Surprise Soap used by children under five  (intervention arm only)     Text
    Yes yes  
    No no  
    No - Under five years old no_under_five  
    Not applicable - control group, or not endline data collection round na  
youngest_age_that_use_surprise_soap Age of youngest child who used Surprise Soap  (intervention arm only)     Text
      integer number  
    Not applicable - control group, or not endline data collection round na  
surprise_soap_use_purposes Purposes Surprise Soap was used for  (intervention arm only)     Text
    Handwashing handwashing  
    Bathing bathing  
    Laundry laundry  
    Washing dishes washing_dishes  
    Other other  
    Not applicable - control group, or not endline data collection round na - control group, or not endline data collection round  
surprise_soap_used_by_adults Surprise Soap used by adults  (intervention arm only)     Text
    Yes yes  
    No no  
    Not applicable - control group, or not endline data collection round na  
caregiver_like_future_distribution Caregiver reports they would like to see Surprise Soap distributed in future  (intervention arm only)     Text
    Yes yes  
    No no  
    Not applicable - control group, or not endline data collection round na  
surprise_soap_used_non_handwashing_purposes Surprise Soap used for non-handwashing purposes  (intervention arm only)     Text
    Yes yes  
    No no  
    Not applicable - control group, or not endline data collection round na  
education_score Education score     integer
    Never attended school 0  
    Completed primary school 1  
    Completed secondary school 2  
    Prefer not to answer na  
hwws_occuring_at_any_key_occasion Handwashing with soap at any key event     Text
    Yes yes  
    No no  
    Not applicable - not key event na  
total_hwws_count_any_occasion Handwashing with soap at any event - key and non key     Numeric
    No 0  
    Yes 1  
total_all_washes_using_soap_count Handwashing with soap at any eveny - key and non-key events     Text
    No 0  
    Yes 1  
    Not applicable - no action taken na  
pickone A generated variable assigned to each child observation. This was used to analyse counts of handwashing per child. Each unique child was assigned a "1" value for one observation, with other observations being assigned "0".     integer
    A data collection round selected (one per child) 1  
    Other observations of the same child 0  
total_num_handwashes_with_soap_after_key_events_only_per_child Total number of handwashes with soap after a key event, per child   integer number Numeric
total_num_key_events_per_child Total number of key events, per child   integer number Numeric
total_num_handwashes_with_soap_per_child_at_all_event_types Total number of handwashes with soap at any time (key and non-key events), per child   integer number Numeric
total_num_handwashes_soap_and_no_soap_all_event_types Total number of handwashes (soap or no soap) at any time (key and non-key events)   integer number Numeric
total_num_handwashes_per_child_soap_and_no_soap_all_event_types Total number of handwashes (soap or no soap) at any time (key and non-key events), per child   integer number Numeric
total_num_all_event_types_key_and_non_key_per_child Total number of all events (key and non key), per child   integer number Numeric