Questionnaires
Young girl standing in front of a bike in Vietnam. Photographer Nguyen Van Thanh
Quantitative Round 1 - 2002
Young Lives developed four questionnaires that were used in all countries in the first round of data collection:
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Household questionnaire for caregivers of 1 year-old 'index' children (index children)
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Household questionnaire for caregivers of 8 year-old children (1994 cohort)
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Child questionnaire for interviewing the 8 year-old child directly (1994 cohort)
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Community questionnaires
Quantitative Round 2 - 2006/2007
Young Lives developed four questionnaires, revised version of the first round questionnaires that were used in all countries for the second round of data collection.
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Household questionnaire for caregivers of 5-6 year-old 'index' children
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Household questionnaire for caregivers of 11-12 year-old children (1994 cohort)
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Child questionnaire for interviewing the 11-12 year-old child directly (1994 cohort)
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Community questionnaires
Certain answers where left blank to allow national teams to develop
a series of answers that were most appropriate to the country context.
These appear as 'XXXX' in the questionnaires. The national
teams also chose to develop country-specific modules - additional to the core questions shown in the instruments provided here. These will
be available on the site at a later stage. Full country versions of each Round 1 instrument are included in the support documentation for the publicly archived data - see the Young Lives data page for more information.
The project opted to also collect data during each round of the study from children born in 1994 and their respective households in order to provide comparative data (and also initially to allow fieldworkers to pilot data collection) for the index children, those born in 2000/2001.
Justification documents explain why each topic is included, the rationale for information to be collected about each topic, and how this information will be used.
The fieldwork manual explains how to conduct the questionnaire and includes ethical guidelines.
This chart gives a summary
of the issues covered by the household and child questionnaires during round one.
'Index' children - born 2000/2001
The study follows a group of approximately 2000 children per country born in the year 2000/1. They were thus an average of 1 year old during round one of the study. The children (by then aged 5-6 years old) and their households were surveyed again during round two of the study. It is intended that the children and their households will be surveyed again when the children are aged 8, 11 and 14.
2002: Round 1 (when children aged 6-17.9 months)
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6-17.9 month-old household questionnaire
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Fieldworker manual for household questionnaires, which includes instructions for index and 8 year-old household questionnaires
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Justification document for the household questionnaires for both index and 8 year-old children
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2006/2007: Round 2 (when children aged 5 - 6 years)
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5-6 year-old household questionnaire
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Fieldworker manual for Round 2 household and child questionnaires
[PDF file 909 KB] -
Household questionnaire justification document [PDF file 236 KB]
'Older Cohort' Children - born 1994
In 2002, information was collected from approximately 1000
children per country born in the year 1994. These children and their households were surveyed again in each country during the second round of the study. This information
can be compared with the index children, when they reach 8 and 12 years-old themselves.
2002: Round one (when children aged 7.5-8.5 years)
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7.5-8.5 year-old household questionnaire
[PDF file 153 KB] See above for fieldworker manual and justification document.
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7.5-8.5 year-old child questionnaire
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Fieldworker manual for 7.5-8.5 year-old child questionnaire
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Justification document for 7.5-8.5 year-old child questionnaire
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7.5-8.5 year old child questionnaire including open ended questions, administered to sub-sample of children in each country
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2006/2007: Round two (when children aged 11.5-12.5 years)
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11.5-12.5 year-old household questionnaire
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11.5-12.5 year-old child questionnaire
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Fieldworker manual for Round 2 household and child questionnaires
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11.5-12.5 year-old questionnaire justification document [PDF file 111 KB]
Community / Context Instrument
Information about the social, economic and environmental context
of each community is being collected at the same time as the surveys.
2002: Round one
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Community questionnaire [PDF file 2.1 MB]
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Fieldworker manual for community questionnaire
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Justification document for community questionnaire
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Community questionnaire (Context Instrument)
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Fieldworker manual for community questionnaire (Context Instrument)
Copyright
Young Lives incorporated some existing research tools in sections
of the household and child questionnaires. Some of these tools are
copyrighted and you will need to obtain permission to use them.
The following summarises the copyright situation for these research
tools used by Young Lives.
1-year old questionnaire (Round 1)
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Self Reporting Questionnaire (SRQ-20) Non-copyright tool developed by WHO to screen for psychiatric disturbance, especially in developing countries.
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Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) This is a strictly copyrighted instrument and if countries need to translate the measure into their own language they must do this with the full co-operation of Dr Robert Goodman at the Institute of Psychiatry, London. Copyright notice: The Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaires, whether in English or in translation, are copyrighted documents that may not be modified in any way. Paper versions may be downloaded and subsequently photocopied without charge for non-commercial purposes.
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Raven's Coloured Progressive Matrices (CPM) Copyright - JC Raven Ltd/Harcourt Assessment. Young Lives bought manuals from Oxford Psychologists Press but countries may be able to source from organisations in country.
8-year-old questionnaire (Round 1)