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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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Created on
Oct 23, 2018
Last modified
May 18, 2020
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Identification

Survey ID Number
zaf-etcp-fass-2015-v1
Title
Foetal Alcohol Syndrome Study 2015
Country
Name
South Africa
Study type
Household Survey [hh]
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
Keyword
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 Abbreviation Role
University of Cape Town UCT funder

Data Collection

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

Access policy

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

Metadata production

Producers
Name Affiliation Role
DataFirst University of Cape Town Metadata producer
Date of Metadata Production
2020-05-18
DDI Document version
Version 3
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