Do not use for DataFirst datasets DataFirst 2020-05-18 Nesstar Publisher Version 3 Foetal Alcohol Syndrome Study 2015 FASS 2015 zaf-etcp-fass-2015-v1 Melissa Lubbe Nesstar Publisher University of Cape Town DataFirst Household Survey [hh] 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 v1: Edited, anonymised data for public distribution foetal alchohol syndrome learning literacy numeracy 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. South Africa The study was conducted near Clanwilliam in the Western Cape Province of South Africa Individuals The universe of the study was learners in grades 1 to 4. Observation data 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. Focus Group [foc] DataFirst 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 Public use files, available to all fass-2015-v1.NSDstat 0 22 Nesstar 200801 pid 0 0 FAS 0 0 grade 0 0 BOSS1 0 0 BOSS2 0 0 BOSS_average 0 0 reading_score 0 0 FirstAdd 0 0 maths_score 0 0 days_absent 0 0 farm 0 0 boarder 0 0 afriHL 0 0 years_too_old_for_grade 0 0 birth_year 0 0 birth_month 0 0 birth_day 0 0 age 0 0 gender 0 0 Height 0 0 Weight 0 0 Head 0 0