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Young Lives: An International Study of Childhood Poverty 2013-2014

World, 2013 - 2014
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WLD_2013-2014_YLSCP-R4_v01_M
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Boyden, J.
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Identification

Survey ID Number
WLD_2013-2014_YLSCP-R4_v01_M
Title
Young Lives: An International Study of Childhood Poverty 2013-2014
Subtitle
Round 4
Country
Name Country code
World WLD
Study type
Other Household Survey [hh/oth]
Series Information
The Young Lives study, which began in 2002, is an innovative long-term project investigating the changing nature of childhood poverty in four developing countries. The purpose of the project is to improve understanding of the causes and consequences of childhood poverty and examine how policies affect children's well-being, in order to inform the development of future policy and to target child welfare interventions more effectively. The study is being conducted in Ethiopia, India (in the Andhra Pradesh state), Peru and Vietnam. It is sponsored by the Department for International Development and conducted by the Young Lives team based at the University of Oxford.

The Young Lives study aims to track the lives of 12,000 children over a 15-year period, surveyed once every 3-4 years.

Round 1 of Young Lives surveyed two groups of children in each country, at 1 year old and 5 years old.
Round 2 returned to the same children who were then aged 5 and 12 years old.
Round 3 surveyed the same children again at aged 7-8 years and 14-15 years, and
Round 4 surveyed them at 12 and 19 years old. Thus the younger children are being tracked from infancy to their mid-teens and the older children through into adulthood, when some will become parents themselves.
Abstract
The Young Lives survey is an innovative long-term project investigating the changing nature of childhood poverty in four developing countries. The purpose of the project is to improve understanding of the causes and consequences of childhood poverty and examine how policies affect children's well-being, in order to inform the development of future policy and to target child welfare interventions more effectively. The study is being conducted in Ethiopia, India (in Andhra Pradesh), Peru and Vietnam. These countries were selected because they reflect a range of cultural, geographical and social contexts and experience differing issues facing the developing world; high debt burden, emergence from conflict, and vulnerability to environmental conditions such as drought and flood.

The survey consists of three main elements: a child questionnaire, a household questionnaire and a community questionnaire. The household data gathered is similar to other cross-sectional datasets (such as the World Bank's Living Standards Measurement Study). It covers a range of topics such as household composition, livelihood and assets, household expenditure, child health and access to basic services, and education. This is supplemented with additional questions that cover caregiver perceptions, attitudes, and aspirations for their child and the family. Young Lives also collects detailed time-use data for all family members, information about the child's weight and height (and that of caregivers), and tests the children for school outcomes (language comprehension and mathematics). An important element of the survey asks the children about their daily activities, their experiences and attitudes to work and school, their likes and dislikes, how they feel they are treated by other people, and their hopes and aspirations for the future. The community questionnaire provides background information about the social, economic and environmental context of each community. It covers topics such as ethnicity, religion, economic activity and employment, infrastructure and services, political representation and community networks, crime and environmental changes. The Young Lives survey is carried out by teams of local researchers, supported by the Principal Investigator and Data Manager in each country.

Further information about the survey, including publications, can be downloaded from the <a href="http://www.younglives.org.uk/" title="Young Lives">Young Lives</a> website.
Kind of Data
Sample survey data [ssd]
Unit of Analysis
Individuals
Families/households
Data are also gathered at Community and Mini-Community level.

Scope

Notes
The scope of the Young Lives Survey includes the following:

- Older Cohort Household: Parental background; Household and child education; Livelihoods and asset framework; Household food and non-food consumption and expenditure; Social capital; Economic changes and recent life history; Socio-economic status.
- Older Cohort Child: Parents and Caregiver update; Mobility; Subjective well-being; Education; Employment, earnings, and time-use; Feelings and attitudes; Household decision-making; Marital and living arrangements; Fertility; Anthropometry; Health and nutrition.
- Older Cohort Cognitive Tests: Mathematics test; Reading comprehension test.
- Older Cohort Individual: Relationship with parents, Smoking, Violence, Alcohol, Sexual behaviour
- Younger Cohort Household: Parental background; Household and child education; Livelihoods and asset framework; Household food and non-food consumption and expenditure; Social capital; Economic changes and recent life history; Socio-economic status, Health; Anthropometry (for the study child and a sibling); Caregiver perceptions and attitudes.
- Younger Cohort Child: Schooling; Time-use; Health; Social networks; Feelings and attitudes.
- Younger Cohort Cognitive Tests: Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test (administered to the study child and a sibling); Mathematics test; Reading comprehension test. In Ethiopia and Peru only: a computerised cognitive skill (Executive Functioning) test administered on touch-screen tablet computers for the study child and a younger sibling. In Ethiopia only an additional English and Amharic reading test.
- Community: General characteristics of the locality; Social environment; Access to services; Economy; Local prices; Social protection; Educational services; Health services; Migration.
Topics
Topic
General - Education
General - Employment and labour
Youth - Social stratification and groupings
General - Health
Housing
Agriculture, forestry and rural industry - Industry and management
Time use - Society and culture
Family life and marriage - Social stratification and groupings
Use and provision of specific social services - Social welfare policy and systems
Keywords
Keyword
2013
2014
ACCESS TO INFORMATION
ACCESS TO PUBLIC SERVICES
ACCIDENTS
ADULT EDUCATION
AGE
AGRICULTURAL EQUIPMENT
AGRICULTURE
ALIMONY
ANDHRA PRADESH
ANIMAL HUSBANDRY
ANTHROPOMETRIC DATA
ARABLE FARMING
ASPIRATION
ATTITUDES
AUTHORITY
BIRTH WEIGHT
BREAST-FEEDING
BUILDING MAINTENANCE
BULLYING
CARE OF DEPENDANTS
CAREGIVERS
CASTE
CHILD CARE
CHILD LABOUR
CHILD PSYCHOLOGY
CHILD WORKERS
CHILDBIRTH
CHILDREN
CHRONIC ILLNESS
COMMUNITIES
COMMUNITY ACTION
COMMUNITY BEHAVIOUR
COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION
CONSCRIPTION
CONSUMER GOODS
COST OF LIVING
COSTS
CREDIT
CROP YIELDS
CROPS
CULTURAL GOODS
DAY NURSERIES
DEATH
DEBILITATIVE ILLNESS
DEBTS
DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMMES
DIET AND NUTRITION
DISABILITIES
DISASTERS
DOMESTIC APPLIANCES
DOMESTIC RESPONSIBILITIES
ECONOMIC ACTIVITY
EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND
EDUCATIONAL CHOICE
EDUCATIONAL FEES
EDUCATIONAL TESTS
ELECTRIC POWER
EMOTIONAL STATES
EMPLOYEES
ETHIOPIA
ETHNIC GROUPS
FAMILIES
FAMILY LIFE
FAMILY MEMBERS
FARM VEHICLES
FATHERS
FERTILIZERS
FINANCIAL DIFFICULTIES
FINANCIAL RESOURCES
FINANCIAL SUPPORT
FOOD AID
FOOD SHORTAGES
FOOD
FRIENDS
FUELS
FURNITURE
GENDER
GIFTS
GROUPS
HANDICRAFTS
HEALTH
HEATING SYSTEMS
HEIGHT (PHYSIOLOGY)
HOME OWNERSHIP
HOME-GROWN FOODS
HOMEWORK
HOUSEHOLD BUDGETS
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
HOUSEHOLDS
HOUSING CONSTRUCTION
HOUSING IMPROVEMENT
IMMUNIZATION
IMPRISONMENT
INCOME
INDIA
INDUSTRIES
INFANTS
INJURIES
INTERNET ACCESS
KITCHENS
LAND OWNERSHIP
LAND TENURE
LANGUAGE SKILLS
LANGUAGES USED AT HOME
LAVATORIES
LEARNING
LIFE EVENTS
LIFE SATISFACTION
LITERACY
LIVESTOCK
LIVING CONDITIONS
MARITAL STATUS
MARRIAGE DISSOLUTION
MEALS
MEDICAL CARE
MEMBERSHIP
MOBILE PHONES
MORTGAGES
MOTHER TONGUE
MOTHERS
MOTOR VEHICLES
NUMERACY
ORGANIZATIONS
PARENTS
PAYMENTS
PERSONAL FINANCE MANAGEMENT
PERU
POPULATION MIGRATION
POVERTY
PREGNANCY
PREMATURE BIRTHS
PRE-PRIMARY EDUCATION
PRIVATE VOLUNTARY ORGANIZATIONS
PUBLIC WORKS
PURCHASING
QUALITY OF LIFE
RESIDENTIAL MOBILITY
RESPONSIBILITY
ROOMS
RURAL AREAS
SATISFACTION
SCHOOL PUNISHMENTS
SCHOOLCHILDREN
SCHOOLS
SELLING
SEXUAL AWARENESS
SIBLINGS
SINGLE-SEX SCHOOLS
SLEEP
SOCIAL CAPITAL
SOCIAL CLASS
SOCIAL NETWORKS
SOCIAL SECURITY BENEFITS
SOCIAL SKILLS
SOCIAL SUPPORT
SOCIO-ECONOMIC STATUS
SPOUSES
STANDARD OF LIVING
STRUCTURAL ELEMENTS (BUILDINGS)
STUDENT ATTITUDE
STUDENT BEHAVIOUR
STUDENT TRANSPORTATION
TELEPHONES
TEMPORARY EMPLOYMENT
THEFT
TIME BUDGETS
TRADE UNION MEMBERSHIP
TRANSPORT FARES
TRAVELLING TIME
TRUANCY
TRUST
TUTORING
UNITS OF MEASUREMENT
URBAN AREAS
VIET NAM
VOTING BEHAVIOUR
WATER POLLUTION
WATER SERVICES (BUILDINGS)
WEIGHT (PHYSIOLOGY)
WOMEN
YOUTH

Coverage

Geographic Coverage
Ethiopia - National Coverage
India - Andhra Pradesh only
Peru - National Coverage
Vietnam - National Coverage
Geographic Unit
Community and Mini-Community level.
Universe
Cross-national; Subnational
Children aged 12 years old, children aged 19 years old, and the households of both sets, in Ethiopia, India (Andhra Pradesh), Peru and Vietnam. These children were originally interviewed in Rounds 1-3 of the study.

Producers and sponsors

Primary investigators
Name Affiliation
Boyden, J. University of Oxford. Young Lives
Producers
Name Affiliation
Woldehanna, T. Ethiopian Development Research Institute
Galab, S. Centre for Economic and Social Studies (CESS) (India)
Sanchez, A. Grupo de Analisis para el Desarollo (GRADE) (Peru)
Penny, M. Instituto de Investigacion Nutricional (IIN) (Peru)
Duc, L.T. Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences (CAF-VASS). Centre for Analysis and Forecast
Funding Agency/Sponsor
Name
Department for International Development

Sampling

Sampling Procedure
Number of units: Ethiopia: 1,875 (12-year-olds), 908 (19-year-olds); India: 1,915 (12-year-olds), 952 (19-year-olds); Peru: 1,902 (12-year-olds), 635 (19-year-olds); Vietnam: 1,932 (12-year-olds), 887 (19-year-olds)
More detailed information on survey design and sampling is available at http://www.younglives.org.uk/content/our-research-methods
Weighting
No weighting used.

Data Collection

Dates of Data Collection
Start End
2013-06-01 2014-03-01
Data Collection Mode
Face-to-face interview; Self-completion
Data Collectors
Name Abbreviation Affiliation
Instituto de Investigacion Nutricional IIN Peru
General Statistics Office of Viet Nam GSO Vietnam
Centre for Economic and Social Studies CESS India
Ethiopian Development Research Institute EDRI Ethiopia

Questionnaires

Questionnaires
The Older Cohort Household Questionnaire (age 19) includes sections on:
- Parental background; Household and child education
- Livelihoods and asset framework
- Household food and non-food consumption and expenditure
- Social capital; Economic changes and recent life history
- Socio-economic status

The Older Cohort Child Questionnaire (age 19) includes sections on:
- Parents and Caregiver update; Mobility
- Subjective well-being
- Education
- Employment, earnings, and time-use
- Feelings and attitudes
- Household decision-making
- Marital and living arrangements
- Fertility; Anthropometry
- Health and nutrition

The Older Cohort Cognitive Tests (age 19) includes
- Mathematics test
- Reading comprehension test

The Older Cohort Self-Administered Questionnaire (age 19) includes sections on:
- Relationship with parents
- Smoking, Violence, Alcohol, Sexual behaviour (administered in Peru only)

The Younger Cohort Household Questionnaire (age 12) includes sections on:
- Parental background
- Household and child education
- Livelihoods and asset framework
- Household food and non-food consumption and expenditure
- Social capital
- Economic changes and recent life history
- Socio-economic status
- Health
- Anthropometry (for the study child and a sibling)
- Caregiver perceptions and attitudes

The Younger Cohort Child Questionnaire (age 12) includes sections on:
- Schooling
- Time-us
- Health
- Social networks
- Feelings and attitudes

The Younger Cohort Cognitive Tests (age 12) include:
- Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test (administered to the study child and a sibling)
- Mathematics test
- Reading comprehension test. In Ethiopia and Peru only: a computerised cognitive skill (Executive Functioning) test administered on touch-screen tablet computers for the study child and a younger sibling. In Ethiopia only an additional English and Amharic reading test.

The Community Questionnaire (administered in the main communities where Young Lives children live) includes sections on:
- General characteristics of the locality
- Social environment
- Access to services; Economy
- Local prices
- Social protection
- Educational services
- Health services; Migration

The Mini-community questionnaire (administered in communities into which one or study children moved) includes sections on:
- General characteristics of the locality
- Social environment
- Access to Services
- Economy
- Local prices

Access policy

Contacts
Name URL
UK Data Service Link
Access conditions
Licensed Datasets: The depositor has specified that registration is required and standard conditions of use apply. The depositor may be informed about usage. See https://www.ukdataservice.ac.uk/get-data/how-to-access/conditions or further information.

Acknowledgement: The depositor has supplied the following text for users as an example of the acknowledgement that should be used in publications resulting from use of the Young Lives study: "The data used in this publication come from Young Lives, a 15-year survey investigating the changing nature of childhood poverty in Ethiopia, India (Andhra Pradesh), Peru and Vietnam, based at the University of Oxford. Young Lives is core funded by the UK Department for International Development. The views expressed here are those of the author(s). They are not necessarily those of the Young Lives project, the University of Oxford, DFID or other funders."
Restrictions
The depositor has specified that registration is required and standard conditions of use apply. The depositor may be informed about usage. See <a href=http://ukdataservice.ac.uk/get-data/how-to-access/conditions.aspx>terms and conditions of access</a> for further information.
Citation requirements
All works which use or refer to these materials should acknowledge these sources by means of data citation. To ensure that such source attributions are captured for citation indexes, citations must appear in footnotes or in the reference section of publications. The citation for this data collection is:
Boyden, J., Woldehanna, T., Galab, S., Sanchez, A., Penny, M., Duc, L.T. (2016). Young Lives: an International Study of Childhood Poverty: Round 4, 2013-2014. [data collection]. UK Data Service. SN: 7931, http://dx.doi.org/10.5255/UKDA-SN-7931-1.
Access authority
Name URL
UK Data Service Link
Location of Data Collection
UK Data Service
Archive where study is originally stored
UK Data Archive

Cost: None

Disclaimer and copyrights

Disclaimer
Although all efforts are made to ensure the quality of the materials, neither the original data creators, depositors or copyright holders, the funders of the data collections, nor the UK Data Archive, nor the UK Data Service bear any responsibility for the accuracy or comprehensiveness of these materials.
File last updated: 6 April 2016
Copyright
Crown copyright material is reproduced with the permission of the Controller of HMSO and the Queen's Printer for Scotland

Metadata production

DDI Document ID
DDI_WLD_2013-2014_YLSCP-R4_v01_M_WB
Producers
Name Role
UK Data Service Metadata Preparation
Date of Metadata Production
2016-06-06
DDI Document version
Version 02 (June 2016). Initial version of the DDI (DDI2.5 XML CODEBOOK RECORD FOR STUDY NUMBER 7931) was done by UK Data Service in April, 2016.
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