gcdg_mdg {childdevdata}

Madagascar, 2.8-3.6 years: gcdg_mdg

Description

A dataset with developmental scores at the item level for 205 unique children. Cross-sectional.

Usage

gcdg_mdg

Format

A data.frame with 205 rows and 47 variables:

Name	Type	Label
ctrcd	chr	Country code (ISO 3166-1 alpha-3)
cohort	chr	Cohort name
cohortn	chr	Cohort number
subjid	int	Child number
agedays	int	Age (days)
sex	chr	Either "male" or "female"
gagebrth	int	Gestational age (days)
macgmd001	0/1	Child walks in a straight line
macgmd002	0/1	Walks backwards for 5 steps
macgmd003	0/1	Walks on tiptoes for 5 steps or more
macgmd005	0/1	Jumps with feet together; 2-5 jumps
macgmd041	0/1	Balances on either foot for 3-9 secs
macgmd042	0/1	Balances on either foot for 10 secs
pegfmd002	0/1	Places 6 or more pegs in 30 sec with either hand
sbifrd001	0/1	Identify missing object: Stick with 2 units (similarity)
sbifrd003	0/1	Identify missing object: Green cube
sbifrd004	0/1	Identify missing object: Blue circle
sbifrd005	0/1	Identify missing object: Green cube
sbifrd006	0/1	Identify missing object: Stick with 2 units (series)
sbifrd007	0/1	Identify missing object: Stick with 2 units (descending orde
sbifrd008	0/1	Identify missing object: Stick with 2 units (alternation)
sbifrd009	0/1	Identify missing image: Red triangle
sbifrd010	0/1	Identify missing image: Yellow square
sbifrd011	0/1	Identify missing image: Blue circle
sbifrd012	0/1	Identify missing image: Cat
sbivsd001	0/1	Places circle in form board within 15 secs
sbivsd002	0/1	Places circle & square in form board within 15 secs
sbivsd003	0/1	Places 3 pieces: circle, square, triangle in form board in 1
sbivsd004	0/1	Places 3 pieces: circle, square, triangle in rotated form bo
sbivsd005	0/1	Places 2 semicircles - big triangle - square in 30 sec
sbivsd006	0/1	Places circle - 2 small triangles - square in 45 sec
sbivsd007	0/1	Places 2 semicircles - 2 small triangles - square in 45 sec
sbivsd008	0/1	Places circle - 2 small triangles - 2 rectangles in 45 sec
sbivsd009	0/1	Places 2 semi-circles - 2 small triangles - 2 rectangles in
sbivsd010	0/1	Placement of all pieces with 90 deg rotation in 45 sec
sbiwmd001	0/1	Finds plastic duck hidden under one of 2 cups
sbiwmd002	0/1	Finds plastic duck hidden under one of 2 inverted cups
sbiwmd003	0/1	Finds car hidden under middle of 3 cups after cups hidden b
sbiwmd004	0/1	Finds car hidden under right side of 3 cups after cups hidde
sbiwmd005	0/1	Repeats tapping 1 block
sbiwmd006	0/1	Repeats tapping 1 block
sbiwmd007	0/1	Repeats sequence of tapping 2 blocks
sbiwmd008	0/1	Repeats sequence of tapping 2 blocks
sbiwmd009	0/1	Repeats sequence of tapping 2 blocks
sbiwmd010	0/1	Increasingly difficult sequences of tapping blocks v1
sbiwmd011	0/1	Increasingly difficult sequences of tapping blocks v2
sbiwmd012	0/1	Increasingly difficult sequences of tapping blocks v3

Details

The combination of subjid and agedays identifies each unique visit (row).

Instruments: McCarthy Scales of Children's Abilities (mac), Pegboard (peg), Stanford Binet Intelligence (sbi).

References

Fernald LCH, Weber A, Galasso E, Ratsifandrihamanana L. Socioeconomic gradients and child development in a very low income population: evidence from Madagascar. Developmental science. 2011;14:832-847. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-7687.2010.01032.x