10.5281/zenodo.16811269
Data were collected to determine the birth and population-level prevalence of neural tube defects. Information was primarily gathered from the parents or guardians of living children, as well as from mothers who had experienced miscarriages and stillbirths related to neural tube defects.
| Variable Name | Variable Label | Answer Label | Answer Code | Variable Type |
| si11 | From which HDSS site? Bakka HDSS kamirraa? | Numeric | ||
| Harar | 1 | |||
| Haramaya | 2 | |||
| Kersa | 3 | |||
| sd01 | Sex of the baby. Saala daa`imaa | Numeric | ||
| Male Dhiira | 1 | |||
| Female dhalaa | 2 | |||
| sd03 | What is the age of the baby (in days, months or years) Umriin daa`imaa meeqa (gu | Open ended | Numeric | |
| si03_1 | Age in? umriin? | Numeric | ||
| Date Guyyaa | 1 | |||
| Month Ji`a | 2 | |||
| Year waggaa | 3 | |||
| msd08 | Where is your current residence? Bakki jireenyaa amma keessan eessa? | Numeric | ||
| Urban magaalaa | 1 | |||
| Rural baadiyyaa | 2 | |||
| ntd02 | Case type. Gosoota dhimmaa | Numeric | ||
| Alive intrauterine Gadameessa keessaa lubbuun jiru | 1 | |||
| Alive after birth Erga dhalatee booda kan lubbuun jiru | 2 | |||
| Stillbirth Duaan dhalachuu | 3 | |||
| Abortion Ulfa baasuu | 4 | |||
| ntd09 | NTD type (preliminary). Gosa NTD (kan duraa) | Numeric | ||
| spina bifida | 1 | |||
| Encephalocele | 3 | |||
| Anencephaly | 4 | |||
| Iniencephaly | 5 | |||
| Iniencephaly | 6 | |||
| event | Stillbirths and miscarriages/abortions | Numeric | ||
| Recorded | 1 | |||
| Not completed | . | |||
| GA_01 | Gestational age for stillbirths and abortion/miscarriage | Open ended | Numeric | |
| NTD_status | Miscarriages and stillbirths with and without neural tube defects | Numeric | ||
| with NTD | 1 | |||
| without NTD | 2 |