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

gcdg_mdg

Format

A data.frame with 205 rows and 47 variables:

NameTypeLabel
ctrcdchrCountry code (ISO 3166-1 alpha-3)
cohortchrCohort name
cohortnchrCohort number
subjidintChild number
agedaysintAge (days)
sexchrEither "male" or "female"
gagebrthintGestational age (days)
macgmd0010/1Child walks in a straight line
macgmd0020/1Walks backwards for 5 steps
macgmd0030/1Walks on tiptoes for 5 steps or more
macgmd0050/1Jumps with feet together; 2-5 jumps
macgmd0410/1Balances on either foot for 3-9 secs
macgmd0420/1Balances on either foot for 10 secs
pegfmd0020/1Places 6 or more pegs in 30 sec with either hand
sbifrd0010/1Identify missing object: Stick with 2 units (similarity)
sbifrd0030/1Identify missing object: Green cube
sbifrd0040/1Identify missing object: Blue circle
sbifrd0050/1Identify missing object: Green cube
sbifrd0060/1Identify missing object: Stick with 2 units (series)
sbifrd0070/1Identify missing object: Stick with 2 units (descending orde
sbifrd0080/1Identify missing object: Stick with 2 units (alternation)
sbifrd0090/1Identify missing image: Red triangle
sbifrd0100/1Identify missing image: Yellow square
sbifrd0110/1Identify missing image: Blue circle
sbifrd0120/1Identify missing image: Cat
sbivsd0010/1Places circle in form board within 15 secs
sbivsd0020/1Places circle & square in form board within 15 secs
sbivsd0030/1Places 3 pieces: circle, square, triangle in form board in 1
sbivsd0040/1Places 3 pieces: circle, square, triangle in rotated form bo
sbivsd0050/1Places 2 semicircles - big triangle - square in 30 sec
sbivsd0060/1Places circle - 2 small triangles - square in 45 sec
sbivsd0070/1Places 2 semicircles - 2 small triangles - square in 45 sec
sbivsd0080/1Places circle - 2 small triangles - 2 rectangles in 45 sec
sbivsd0090/1Places 2 semi-circles - 2 small triangles - 2 rectangles in
sbivsd0100/1Placement of all pieces with 90 deg rotation in 45 sec
sbiwmd0010/1Finds plastic duck hidden under one of 2 cups
sbiwmd0020/1Finds plastic duck hidden under one of 2 inverted cups
sbiwmd0030/1Finds car hidden under middle of 3 cups after cups hidden b
sbiwmd0040/1Finds car hidden under right side of 3 cups after cups hidde
sbiwmd0050/1Repeats tapping 1 block
sbiwmd0060/1Repeats tapping 1 block
sbiwmd0070/1Repeats sequence of tapping 2 blocks
sbiwmd0080/1Repeats sequence of tapping 2 blocks
sbiwmd0090/1Repeats sequence of tapping 2 blocks
sbiwmd0100/1Increasingly difficult sequences of tapping blocks v1
sbiwmd0110/1Increasingly difficult sequences of tapping blocks v2
sbiwmd0120/1Increasingly 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