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Foetal Alcohol Syndrome Study 2015

South Africa, 2015
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Reference ID
zaf-etcp-fass-2015-v1
Producer(s)
Melissa Lubbe
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Research Unit on the Economics of Excisable Products
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Oct 23, 2018
Last modified
May 18, 2020
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  • Identification
  • Version
  • Scope
  • Coverage
  • Producers and sponsors
  • Data collection
  • access_policy
  • Contacts
  • Metadata production

    • Identification

    Survey ID number
    zaf-etcp-fass-2015-v1
    Title
    Foetal Alcohol Syndrome Study 2015
    Country
    Name
    South Africa
    Study type
    Household Survey [hh]
    Series Information
    Lubbe, Melissa. Foetal Alcohol Syndrome Study 2015 [dataset]. Version 1. Cape Town: Economics of Tobacco Control Project [producer], 2015. Cape Town: DataFirst [distributor], 2018. DOI: https://doi.org/10.25828/qjpy-t631
    Abstract
    Alcohol consumption is high among farm labourers in the Western and Northern Cape of South Africa. Excessive alcohol consumption during pregnancy is common, resulting in a high prevalence of Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS) among children. FAS causes intellectual and behavioural problems, which create considerable obstacles to a child’s education. The aim of this study is to provide a prevalence estimate of FAS in a rural school and to examine the effects of FAS on learners’ educational outcomes. The study was conducted at a farm school near Clanwilliam in the Western Cape Province of South Africa. A physician diagnosed FAS using a three-stage process. The sample comprises 166 learners from Grades 1 to 4. Educational outcomes include class scores (Afrikaans home language and mathematics), reading ability, and classroom behaviour.
    Kind of Data
    Observation data
    Unit of Analysis
    Individuals

    Version

    Version Description
    v1: Edited, anonymised data for public distribution
    Version Date
    2015

    Scope

    Notes

    The following data was collected on each child in the study: age, gender, home language, height, weight, grade, days absent, mathematics and reading ability and classroom behaviour.

    Keywords
    foetal alchohol syndrome learning literacy numeracy

    Coverage

    Geographic Coverage
    The study was conducted near Clanwilliam in the Western Cape Province of South Africa
    Universe
    The universe of the study was learners in grades 1 to 4.

    Producers and sponsors

    Primary investigators
    Name Affiliation
    Melissa Lubbe Economics of Tobacco Control Project, UCT
    Funding Agency/Sponsor
    Name Role
    University of Cape Town funder

    Data collection

    Dates of Data Collection
    Start End
    2015 2015
    Data Collection Mode
    • Focus Group [foc]

    access_policy

    Access authority
    Name Affiliation URL Email
    DataFirst University of Cape Town support@data1st.org
    Access conditions
    Public use files, available to all
    Citation requirements
    Lubbe, Melissa. Foetal Alcohol Syndrome Study 2015 [dataset]. Version 1. Cape Town: Economics of Tobacco Control Project [producer], 2015. Cape Town: DataFirst [distributor], 2018. DOI: https://doi.org/10.25828/qjpy-t631

    Contacts

    Contacts
    Name Affiliation Email URL
    DataFirst University of Cape Town support@data1st.org

    Metadata production

    Producers
    Name Affiliation Role
    DataFirst University of Cape Town Metadata producer
    Date of Metadata Production
    2020-05-18

    Metadata version

    DDI Document version
    Version 3
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