Data for the paper on “Does early growth failure influence later school performance? A cohort study in Karonga district, northern Malawi”
Sunny, B, Glynn, JR
and Crampin, AC
(2018).
Data for the paper on “Does early growth failure influence later school performance? A cohort study in Karonga district, northern Malawi”.
[Dataset].
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom.
10.17037/DATA.00000675.
and Crampin, AC
(2018).
Data for the paper on “Does early growth failure influence later school performance? A cohort study in Karonga district, northern Malawi”.
[Dataset].
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom.
10.17037/DATA.00000675.
Anthropometric data collected as part of the baseline census of a demographic surveillance performed between 2002 and 2004 in the southern part of Karonga district in northern Malawi. Data was collected at birth, with follow-up after a year and with further rounds of anthropometric data for all children below the age of 10 between 2008-2011. Individual and household-level socio-demographic and schooling data were also combined to account for socio-economic and schooling histories of participants from 2007-2015, allowing us to examine the relationship between stunting in early years and school outcomes at older ages.
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Keywords
Stunting, School progression, School performance, School enrolment| Item Type | Dataset |
|---|---|
| Description of data capture | Data Collection Methods: Staff were trained to collect anthropometric data at regular intervals. Recumbent length was used for children below the age of 2, while height for children above age 2 was measured using a Leicester height measure. Survey data was administered by field staff using paper questionnaires and in the local language, Chitumbuka. Data collection was supervised and managed on site by a team of scientists, field enumerators and data entry personnel. Data was then double-entered into MS Access by the data entry office for further analysis. Informed consent to participate in the study was sought from household heads. Further details on data collection methods can be found in the paper. Data Analysis and Preparation: Raw anthropometric data was transformed into height-for-age z-scores (HAZ) based on the WHO growth references for children below and above age 5. Growth failure/stunting was defined as the HAZ <-2SD. Growth trajectories between early and late childhood were defined as being never stunted, improvers (stunted in early but not stunted in late childhood), decliners (not stunted in early but stunted in late childhood) or persistently stunted (in early and late childhood). For data on school outcomes, age at entry was determined by the cut-off of age 6 (<6 being underage, >6 being overage enrolment). Age-for-grade is the number of years a child is ahead/behind in class based on the official age-for-grade and provides a cumulative measure of school performance. The effects of stunting on grade repetition in Standard 1, which is has the highest proportion of repeaters in primary school, was also examined. |
| Capture method | Questionnaire |
| Collection Period |
From To 2002 2015 |
| Date | 1 October 2018 |
| Geographical area covered (offline during plugin upgrade) |
North Latitude East Longitude South Latitude West Longitude -9.9289 33.9396 -9.97489 33.886 |
| Language(s) of written materials | English |
| Creator(s) |
Sunny, B, Glynn, JR and Crampin, AC
|
| Associated roles | Kanjala, C (Data Manager) |
| LSHTM Faculty/Department | Faculty of Epidemiology and Population Health > Dept of Infectious Disease Epidemiology (-2023) |
| Participating Institutions | London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine |
| Funders |
Project Funder Grant Number Funder URI Karonga Prevention Study WT (079828/Z/06/C and 098610/Z/12/Z); ESRC (ES/L013967/1) UNSPECIFIED |
| Date Deposited | 01 Oct 2018 11:44 |
| Last Modified | 27 Apr 2022 18:19 |
| Publisher | London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine |
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