Description

CDSTORYWHO reports who, if anyone, told stories to the female respondent's youngest surviving and co-resident child age 3-4 in the past 3 days.

Most surveys asking child development questions included separate dichotomous variables about whether the child's mother (CDSTORYMA), father (CDSTORYPA), other person (CDSTORYOTH), or no one (CDSTORYNONE) named, counted, or drew things with the child. In CDSTORYWHO, all of this information is included in a single variable.

Comparability

Apart from universe differences, CDSTORYWHO has no comparability problems.

Comparability - Standard DHS

CDSTORYWHO is a country-specific variable, and it is not included in any phase of the standard DHS questionnaire.

Universe