An Evaluation of In-home Growth Monitoring in Addressing Childhood Undernutrition 2019-2020

Pakistan, 2019 - 2020

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Reference ID

PAK_2019-2020_EIHGMACU_v01_M

Producer(s)

Agha Ali Akram

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Created on

Jan 05, 2026

Last modified

Jan 05, 2026

Data file: endline_no_names_0227

This dataset includes the endline survey data.

Cases:	1241
Variables:	638

Variables

e_s8_q2f2

Staff nurse/midwife

e_s8_q2f3

Community based lady health worker

e_s8_q2f4

Untrained birth attendant /Dai

e_s8_q2f5

Dispenser, compounder, homeopath, hakim

e_s8_q2f6

Friends/neighbors

e_s8_q2f7

Household member

e_s8_q2f8

Traditional healer

e_s8_q2f96

Other

e_s8_q2f_o

Other - Specify

e_s8_q3

Has child been ill with a cough at any time in the last 2 weeks?

e_s8_q3a

For how many days in the last 2 weeks did this child have this condition?

e_s8_q3b

When child was ill with a cough, did he/she breathe faster than usual with short

e_s8_q3c

Was treatment provided?

e_s8_q3d

Why was treatment not given?

e_s8_q3d1

Lack of knowledge

e_s8_q3d2

Lack of finance

e_s8_q3d3

Lack of nearby medical facility/doctor

e_s8_q3d4

No one at home to take the child to doctor

e_s8_q3d96

Other

e_s8_q3d_o

Other - Specify

e_s8_q3e

What was the treatment?

e_s8_q3e1

Pill

e_s8_q3e2

Syrup

e_s8_q3e3

Injection

e_s8_q3e4

Home Remedy

e_s8_q3e96

Other

e_s8_q3e_o

Other - Specify

e_s8_q3f

Who prescribed and/or provided the treatment?

e_s8_q3f1

Doctor

e_s8_q3f2

Staff nurse/midwife

e_s8_q3f3

Community based lady health worker

e_s8_q3f4

Untrained birth attendant /Dai

e_s8_q3f5

Dispenser, compounder, homeopath, hakim

e_s8_q3f6

Friends/neighbors

e_s8_q3f7

Household member

e_s8_q3f8

Traditional healer

e_s8_q3f96

Other

e_s8_q3f_o

Other - Specify

e_s9_q1

Do you think your child has the appropriate height given his/her age?

e_s9_q2

Do you compare your child to other kids when assessing whether s/he has the appr

e_s9_q2a

Who do you compare your child with?

e_s9_q2a1

His/her siblings

e_s9_q2a2

Children in the family other than his/her siblings

e_s9_q2a3

Other children in the neighborhood

e_s9_q2a96

Other

e_s9_q2a_o

Other - Specify

e_s9_q3

Do you think your child has the appropriate weight given his/her height?

e_s9_q4

Do you think your child has the appropriate weight given his/her age?

e_s9_q5

Do you compare your child to other kids when assessing whether s/he has the appr

e_s9_q5a

Who do you compare your child with?

e_s9_q5a1

His/her siblings

e_s9_q5a2

Children in the family other than his/her siblings

e_s9_q5a3

Other children in the neighborhood

e_s9_q5a96

Other

e_s9_q5a_o

Other - Specify

e_s9_q6

Do you intend to send your child to preschool?

e_s9_q7

What level of schooling do you expect your child to complete?

e_s9_q7_o

Other - Specify

e_s9_q8

Up to what grade/education level do you think a boy should continue education?

e_s9_q8_o

Other - Specify

e_s9_q9

Up to what grade/education level do you think a girl should continue education?

e_s9_q9_o

Other - Specify

e_s10_q1

In the past 30 days, has your child played with toys that make or play music (e.

e_s10_q2

In the past 30 days, has your child played with materials for drawing and writin

e_s10_q3

In the past 30 days, has your child played at being something or someone else, s

e_s10_q4

In the past 30 days, has your child played with toys that encourage (Gross Motor

e_s10_q5

In the past 30 days, has your child played with homemade toys such as dolls, car

e_s10_q6

In the past 30 days, has your child played with household objects (such as bowls

e_s10_q7

How many pictured books are there which are suitable for your child? Prompt: Ple

e_s10_q8

How many books are there in the house? Prompt: Please include school books but d

e_s10_q9

How many magazines and newspaper are in the house?

e_s10_note2

Read Aloud: "In the past 3 days did you or any household member (over 15 years o

e_s10_q10

Have you read books, including poem books to the child or showed pictured books

e_s10_q10a

Who engaged in this activity?

e_s10_q10b

Is the member who engaged in this activity above 15 years of age?

e_s10_q11

Have you told stories or nursery rhymes to the child?

e_s10_q11a

Who engaged in this activity?

e_s10_q11b

Is the member who engaged in this activity above 15 years of age?

e_s10_q12

Have you sung songs (including lullabies) to the child?

e_s10_q12a

Who engaged in this activity?

e_s10_q12b

Is the member who engaged in this activity above 15 years of age?

e_s10_q13

Have you played with toys with the child?

e_s10_q13a

Who engaged in this activity?

e_s10_q13b

Is the member who engaged in this activity above 15 years of age?

e_s10_q14

Have you spent time with the child naming, counting, and/or drawing things?

e_s10_q14a

Who engaged in this activity?

e_s10_q14b

Is the member who engaged in this activity above 15 years of age?

e_s11_q1

Breastfeeding alone upto 6-months provides enough nutrition for the child

e_s11_q2

Children should be taken to a doctor when they fall sick

e_s11_q3

Vaccinations like polio vaccination drops cause infertility and other harmful si

e_s11_q4

Malnutrition during the first 2 years of a child's life will badly affect his/he

e_s11_q5

Infant boys should be breastfed longer than infant girls

e_s11_q6

Infant boys need more food than infant girls - like eggs, milk, meat

e_s11_q7

Vaccination is harmful for girls, compared to boys, because it causes infertilit

e_s11_q8

Compared to girls, boys should be taken to hospital immediately when they fall s

e_s11_q9

Education of girls is less important than education of boys

e_s11_note2

Read aloud: Now I would like to know who in your household primarily manages the

e_s11_q10

Money related to major household purchases (like TV/Fridge)

e_s11_q10_o

Other - Specify

e_s11_q11

e_s11_q11_o

Other - Specify

e_s11_q12

Giving money to your relatives

e_s11_q12_o

Other - Specify

e_s13_q1

Was your household part of a program between August last year and February this

e_s13_q1a

How many months did the program span or how many times did the health workers vi

e_s13_q2

Did these workers hang a chart on your wall and plot the measurements on it?

e_s13_q2a

How many months did the program span or how many times did the health workers vi

e_s13_q2b

Do you still have the chart?

e_s13_q2c

Can you please show it?

e_s13_q3

Enumerator observation only: Is it still on the wall?

e_s13_q4

Why is the chart not on the wall?

e_s13_q4_o

Other - Specify

e_s13_q5

Enumerator observation only: What’s the condition?

e_s13_q51

Food pictures clearly visible

e_s13_q52

Not torn/chart is intact

e_s13_q53

Neither

e_s13_q6

How many dots are there on the chart?

e_s13_q7

Why can't you show the chart?

e_s13_q7_o

Other - Specify

e_s13_q8

What happened to the chart?

e_s13_q8_o

Other - Specify

e_s13_q9

Since the health-workers stopped coming, did you see the growth chart again afte

e_s13_q9a

How often did you see it?

e_s13_q9a_o

Other - Specify

e_s13_q9b

Why not?

e_s13_q9b_o

Other - Specify

e_s13_q10

Which aspect of health does the growth chart cover - length/height or weight?

e_s13_q11

If your child is in the red zone of the chart, is his/her length fine according

e_s13_q12

If one month, a child is in the green zone and the next month he/she is in the r

e_s13_q13

Did you receive any cash support from the program?

e_s13_q13a

How much did you receive each time/round? (record in PKR)

e_s13_q13b

How many times did you receive this support?

e_s13_q14

Did you receive any suggestion from the health worker about how to spend the mon

e_s13_q14a

What was the suggestion?

e_s13_q14a1

Spend on healthy food for children

e_s13_q14a2

Spend on children's toys

e_s13_q14a3

Spend on children's clothing

e_s13_q14a4

Spend on treatment if child gets sick

e_s13_q14a5

Spend on other household needs

e_s13_q14a96

Other

Other_Specify

Other - Specify

e_s13_q15

What did you primarily spend the money on?

e_s13_q151

Spent on food for children

e_s13_q152

Bought non-food items for children

e_s13_q153

Bought food for household consumption

e_s13_q154

Bought non-food items for others or for the household

e_s13_q155

Bought non-food items for myself

e_s13_q156

Spent on healthcare needs for the children

e_s13_q157

Spent on healthcare needs for others in the household

e_s13_q1596

Other

Other_Specify_001

Other - Specify

e_s13_q16

Did you share the cash with anyone outside the household?

e_s13_q16a

With whom?

e_s13_q16a1

Neighbors

e_s13_q16a2

Relatives (on the husband’s side)

e_s13_q16a3

Relatives (on the mother or caregiver’s side)

e_s13_q16a4

Friends other than neighbors/relatives

e_s13_q16a96

Other

Other_Specify_002

Other - Specify

e_s13_q17

Are you aware of any households in this community receiving a program between Au

e_s13_q18

Are you aware of any households in this community who received a chart where the

e_s13_q19

Are you aware of any households in this community who received cash support from

e_s13_q20

In the last month, have you talked with your neighbors or anyone besides those l

e_s13_q20a

Who did you discuss these topics with?

e_s13_q20a1

Neighbors

e_s13_q20a2

Relatives (on the husband’s side)

e_s13_q20a3

Relatives (on the mother or caregiver’s side)

e_s13_q20a4

Friends other than neighbors/relatives

e_s13_q20a96

Other

e_s13_q20a_o

Other - Specify

e_s13_q21

During or after the program, did you talk with your neighbors or anyone besides

e_s13_q21b

Who did you discuss these topics with?

e_s13_q21b1

Neighbors

e_s13_q21b2

Relatives (on the husband’s side)

e_s13_q21b3

Relatives (on the mother or caregiver’s side)

e_s13_q21b4

Friends other than neighbors/relatives

e_s13_q21b96

Other

e_s13_q21b_o

Other - Specify

e_s13_q22

Can you please give us names of 1 or 2 persons and their phone numbers whom you

e_s12_q1

Is the paternal grandmother of the child alive?

e_s12_q2

Does the paternal grandmother of the child live in your household?

e_s12_q3

How many sons does she have?

e_s12_q4

How many daughters does she have?

e_s12_q5

What is the gender of the child with whom she lives?

e_s12_q6

What is the birth order of the child with whom she lives (among all her children

e_s12_q7

What is the birth order of the child with whom she lives within the sons?

e_s12_q8

What is the birth order of the child with whom she lives within the daughters?

e_s12_q9

In her lifetime, has she ever migrated from the place she originally belongs to?

e_s12_q9a

Which city/town does she originally belong to?

e_s12_q9b

Which city/town does she live in now?

e_s12_q9c

In which year did she first migrate?

e_s12_q9d

How many times has she migrated i.e. changed cities or towns before she moved to

migration_number

Calculated field on the number of migrations

town_a1

Calculated field on the migrated town names

town_b

Calculated field on the migrated town names

e_s12_q13b

For [child]’s grandmother’s 1st migration, in which YEAR did she move from to ?

e_s12_q13c

For [child]’s grandmother’s 1st migration, WHY did she move from to ?

e_s12_q13d

For [child]’s grandmother’s 1st migration, did the individual migrate or was it

e_s12_q14a

For [child]’s grandmother’s 1st migration, WHERE did she move from ?

e_s12_q14b

For [child]’s grandmother’s 1st migration, in which YEAR did she move from to ?

e_s12_q14c

For [child]’s grandmother’s 1st migration, WHY did she move from to ?

e_s12_q14d

For [child]’s grandmother’s 1st migration, did the individual migrate or was it

town_a2

town A

e_s12_q15a

For [child]’s grandmother’s 2nd migration, WHERE did she move from ?

e_s12_q15b

For [child]’s grandmother’s 2nd migration, in which YEAR did she move from to ?

e_s12_q15c

For [child]’s grandmother’s 2nd migration, WHY did she move from to ?

e_s12_q15d

For [child]’s grandmother’s 2nd migration, did the individual migrate or was it

town_a3

town A

e_s12_q16a

For [child]’s grandmother’s 3rd migration, WHERE did she move from ?

e_s12_q16b

For [child]’s grandmother’s 3rd migration, in which YEAR did she move from to ?

e_s12_q16c

For [child]’s grandmother’s 3rd migration, WHY did she move from to ?

e_s12_q16d

For [child]’s grandmother’s 3rd migration, did the individual migrate or was it

town_a4

town A

e_s12_q17a

For [child]’s grandmother’s 4th migration, WHERE did she move from ?

e_s12_q17b

For [child]’s grandmother’s 4th migration, in which YEAR did she move from to ?

e_s12_q17c

For [child]’s grandmother’s 4th migration, WHY did she move from to ?

e_s12_q17d

For [child]’s grandmother’s 4th migration, did the individual migrate or was it

town_a5

town A

e_s12_q18a

For [child]’s grandmother’s 5th migration, WHERE did she move from ?

e_s12_q18b

For [child]’s grandmother’s 5th migration, in which YEAR did she move from to ?

e_s12_q18c

For [child]’s grandmother’s 5th migration, WHY did she move from to ?

e_s12_q18d

For [child]’s grandmother’s 5th migration, did the individual migrate or was it

town_a6

town A

e_s12_q19a

For [child]’s grandmother’s 6th migration, WHERE did she move from ?

e_s12_q19b

For [child]’s grandmother’s 6th migration, in which YEAR did she move from to ?

e_s12_q19c

For [child]’s grandmother’s 6th migration, WHY did she move from to ?

e_s12_q19d

For [child]’s grandmother’s 6th migration, did the individual migrate or was it

town_a7

town A

e_s12_q20a

For [child]’s grandmother’s 7th migration, WHERE did she move from ?

e_s12_q20b

For [child]’s grandmother’s 7th migration, in which YEAR did she move from to ?

e_s12_q20c

For [child]’s grandmother’s 7th migration, WHY did she move from to ?

e_s12_q20d

For [child]’s grandmother’s 7th migration, did the individual migrate or was it

town_a8

town A

e_s12_q21a

For [child]’s grandmother’s 8th migration, WHERE did she move from ?

e_s12_q21b

For [child]’s grandmother’s 8th migration, in which YEAR did she move from to ?

e_s12_q21c

For [child]’s grandmother’s 8th migration, WHY did she move from to ?

e_s12_q21d

For [child]’s grandmother’s 8th migration, did the individual migrate or was it

town_a9

town A

e_s12_q22a

For [child]’s grandmother’s 9th migration, WHERE did she move from ?

e_s12_q22b

For [child]’s grandmother’s 9th migration, in which YEAR did she move from to ?

e_s12_q22c

For [child]’s grandmother’s 9th migration, WHY did she move from to ?

e_s12_q22d

For [child]’s grandmother’s 9th migration, did the individual migrate or was it

town_a10

town A

e_s12_q23a

For [child]’s grandmother’s 10th migration, WHERE did she move from ?

e_s12_q23b

For [child]’s grandmother’s 10th migration, in which YEAR did she move from to

e_s12_q23c

For [child]’s grandmother’s 10th migration, WHY did she move from to ?

e_s12_q23d

For [child]’s grandmother’s 10th migration, did the individual migrate or was it

town_a11

town A

e_s12_q24a

For [child]’s grandmother’s 11th migration, WHERE did she move from ?

e_s12_q24b

For [child]’s grandmother’s 11th migration, in which YEAR did she move from to

e_s12_q24c

For [child]’s grandmother’s 11th migration, WHY did she move from to ?

e_s12_q24d

For [child]’s grandmother’s 11th migration, did the individual migrate or was it

town_a12

town A

e_s14_C1_q1

Length (1)

previous_height

Previous Length Measurements

h_bound_low

Lower bound for height

height_check

Height incorrect

e_s14_C1_q3

Weight of Mother (1)

e_s14_C1_q2

Weight of Mother + Child (1)

child_weight

Calculated field on child weight

prev_weight

Weight of Child

w_bound_low

Lower bound for weight

weight_check

Weight incorrect

e_s14_C1_q4

Length (2)

e_s14_C1_q6

Weight of Mother (2)

e_s14_C1_q5

Weight of Mother + Child (2)

e_s14_C1_q7

Length (3)

e_s14_C1_q9

Weight of Mother (3)

e_s14_C1_q8

Weight of Mother + Child (3)

e_s14_C1_q10

Measurement Position

e_s14_C1_q11

Result of Measurement

e_s14_C1_q11_o

Other - Specify

e_s14_C1_q12

Child’s birth order

e_s14_C1_q13

Is there another child less than 5 years old who lives in this house?

e_s14_note3

CHILD 2 Now take measurements of the child older than the previous child

e_s14_C2_q14

Do you know the Date of Birth of this child?

e_s14_C2_q14_recall

Enter youngest child's age (in months)

child2_age_card

Calculated age of child from card

child2_age_recall

Calculated age of child from recall

e_s14_C2_q16

Is infant male or female?

e_s14_C2_q17

Child’s birth order

e_s14_C2_q15

Please indicate how Date of Birth information was obtained

e_s14_C2_q15_o

Other - Specify

e_s14_C2_q1

Length (1)

e_s14_C2_q3

Weight of Mother (1)

e_s14_C2_q2

Weight of Mother + Child (1)

e_s14_C2_q4

Length (2)

e_s14_C2_q6

Weight of Mother (2)

e_s14_C2_q5

Weight of Mother + Child (2)

e_s14_C2_q7

Length (3)

e_s14_C2_q9

Weight of Mother (3)

e_s14_C2_q8

Weight of Mother + Child (3)

e_s14_C2_q10

Measurement Position

e_s14_C2_q11

Result of Measurement

e_s14_C2_q11_o

Other - Specify

e_s14_C2_q18

Is there another child less than 5 years old who lives in this house?

e_s14_note4

CHILD 3 Now take measurements of the child older than the previous child

e_s14_C3_q14

Do you know the Date of Birth of this child?

e_s14_C3_q14_recall

Enter youngest child's age (in months)

child3_age_card

Calculated age of child from card

Total: 638

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