Codebook for dataset accompanying a paper on "Early school failure predicts teenage pregnancy and marriage: a large population-based cohort study in Northern Malawi"

Permanent Identifier

https://doi.org/10.17037/DATA.285

Description

This codebook lists variables contained within the dataset when it was deposited with the LSHTM data repository. Some variables may need to be restricted to maintain participant confidentiality. When requesting the dataset, please outline the specific variables that you wish to analyse.

Variable Name Description Answer Label Answer Code Variable Type
rd Round (of interviews in DSS) Open ended   Numeric
id Participant ID. IDs have been scrambled using Nesstar Publisher's randomisation function Open ended   long
edu_f Father's Education     Numeric
    None/<Primary 0  
    At least Primary School Level 1  
edu_m Mother's Education     Numeric
    None/<Primary 0  
    At least Primary School Level 1  
livstat Living arrangements at home     Numeric
    With father only 1  
    With Mother only 2  
    With both parents 3  
    With neither parent 4  
ses_assetscore Assetscore PCA 5 quantiles (1 poorest) Open ended   Numeric
age Age of individual (years) Open ended   Numeric
intdate_ind Interview date Open ended   long
ses_dwellscore 5 quantiles of dwellscore 1-5 (1 poorest)   Numeric
hhsize_n Household size     Numeric
    1-5 1  
    6+ 2  
hheadsex Household head Sex     Numeric
    Male 1  
    Female 2  
sex Sex     Numeric
    Male 1  
    Female 2  
firstpreg First pregnancy (1 Y, 0 N)     Numeric
    No 0  
    Yes 1  
pregout Date of first pregnancy or last information Open ended   Numeric
firstmar First marriage (1 Y, 0 N)     Numeric
    No 0  
    Yes 1  
marout date of marriage or last information Open ended   Numeric
age4grade Age for grade     Numeric
    At age/younger 1  
    1 year over 3  
    2 years over 4  
    3+ years over 5  
schooling Schooling status     Numeric
    Out,<primary 1  
    Out,>=primary 2  
    In, primary 3  
    In, >primary 4  
agemog Age of mother at birth     Numeric
    <20 1  
    20-34 2  
    35+ 3  
agefag Age of father at birth     Numeric
    <25 1  
    25-34 2  
    35+ 3  
nchild6g No. of children in the household <6yrs (0, 1, >=2)     Numeric
     0 0  
     1 1  
    >=2 2  
mothalive Mother alive (1 Y, 0 N)     Numeric
    No 0  
    Yes 1  
fathalive Father alive (1 Y, 0 N)     Numeric
    No 0  
    Yes 1  
year Year of interview Open ended   Numeric
agestart Age started school     Numeric
    <6 0  
    6 1  
    7 2  
    >7 3  
firstborn First born (1 Y, 0 N)     Numeric
    No 0  
    Yes 1  
sexdebutyear Year of sexual debut Open ended   Numeric
birthyear Year of birth Open ended   Numeric
lastsexinfo Year of last information on sexual debut Open ended   Numeric