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Assessment of Life Skills and Values in East Africa
Proficiency Levels of Adolescents in Life Skills and Values

Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania...and 1 more
Reference ID
ActionofLifeSkillsandValuesinEastAfrica1
Producer(s)
Dr. John Mugo
Collections
Life Skills and Values
Metadata
DDI/XML JSON
Created on
Jul 30, 2026
Last modified
Jul 30, 2026
Variable Groups

Data file: ALiVE Regional data set final

Cases: 45442
Variables: 96

Variables

country
Please select your country
district
County
HH_person_answering
Person answering questions
HH_head
Head of the Household
HH_gender_head
Gender of household head
HH_age_head
Age of household head
HH_educ_head
Highest level of education completed by HH Head
HH_male_num
Number of male members in the HH
HH_female_num
Number of female members in the HH
HH_Total_members
Total number of members in the HH
HH_walls
What kind of walls does your house have?
HH_light
What is the main source of lighting used in this house?
HH_water
What is your main source of water?
HH_meals
How many meals are regularly eaten in this HH per day including breakfast?
HH_Facebook_use
Do you regularly use any of these social media? Facebook
HH_Twitter_use
Do you regularly use any of these social media? Twitter
HH_Instagram_use
Do you regularly use any of these social media? Instagram
HH_WhatsApp_use
Do you regularly use any of these social media? WhatsApp
HH_members_13_17yrs
How many members of this household are aged 13 to 17 years?
child_age
Age of the adolescent
child_gender
Gender of the adolescent
currently_schooling
Is the child currently in school?
school_type
What type of school is the child in?
class_level
What level of school is the child in?
educ_new_post_pri
Education levels of the adolescents assessed
ever_attend_sch
Has the child ever attended school?
dropoutclass
In what class/level did the child drop out of school?
work_adolescent
Are you presently working?
workdefine
Which of the following best describes your work?
WSS_diffsee
Does the child have difficulty seeing, even if wearing glasses?
WSS_diffhear
Does the child have difficulty hearing, even if using a hearing aid?
WSS_diffwalk
Does the child have difficulty walking or climbing steps?
WSS_diffmemory
Does the child have difficulty remembering or concentrating?
WSS_diffselfcare
Does the child have difficulty with self-care such as washing all over or dressi
WSS_difflang
Using the usual language, does the child have difficulty communicating? For exam
SA1b
How will you react to your parents and why?
SA1d
Your friends are laughing at you, how would you react?
SA1e
If you were one of the friends, how would you react?
SA3a
How would you feel and why?
SA3c
What are some reasons why your parents would expect you to help?
SA4b
How would you react to your mother? Why?
SA4c
What are some possible reasons why your mother reacted that way?
SA6b
How would you react to the girl/boy that you like?
SA6c
How would you react to your best friend?
SA7b
How would you react to the one who made you fall?
SA7c
How would you react to your friends and why?
SA7d
What are the different reasons why he/she might have to push you?
RT1a
What advice do you have for Timi for trespassing?
RT1b
What advice do you have for Timi's friends?
RT1d
Timi's parents apologized to Mr. Saku after his fence was destroyed, what can yo
RT2a
If you were waiting in the line, how would you have reacted to Burikessa?
RT2b
How could Burikessa have shown respect to others?
RT3a
What do you think about how Zawadi reacted to Mwangazare's drawing?
RT3e
What would you advise your friends who are like Zawadi to do?
RT6a
Do you think Sera was respectful to her grandmother? Explain
RT6b
What do you think about Sera walking away?
RT6c
How do you react to your friends, when they do things that you personally don't
PS1a
Is this a problem?
PS1b
Can you explain how it is a problem or not a problem?
PS1c
If you are asked to solve this problem, what else do you need to know about it?
PS1d
Suggest some ways to solve this problem
PS1e
Of all the suggested ways of solving this problem, what is the best and why?
PS3a
Is this a problem?
PS3b
Can you explain how it is a problem or not a problem?
PS3c
If you are asked to solve this problem, what else do you need to know about it?
PS3d
Suggest some ways to solve this problem
PS3e
Of all the suggested ways of solving this problem, what is the best and why?
PS4a
Is this a problem?
PS4b
Can you explain how it is a problem or not a problem?
PS4c
If you are asked to solve this problem, what else do you need to know about it?
PS4d
Suggest some ways to solve this problem
PS4e
Of all the suggested ways of solving this problem, what is the best and why?
SKILLS
SKILLS
collab_grouptype
Type of group in which the adolescent is being assessed in collaboration
CT11
Discuss on materials to be used in making the ball
CT12
Agree on materials to be used in making the ball
CT13
Make the ball
CT41
Each person to identify and share an idea
CT42
Discuss and agree on a common activity to undertake
CT61
Discuss on how to make the books
CT62
Agree on the steps of making the books
CT63
Make the books
COLLAB
Whether the adolescent was assessed in collaboration or not
BBL_a_unable
Was the child completely unable to read? (Unable to read almost all the words in
BBL_a_string
Was the child reading sentences as a string of words? String
BBL_a_stopping
Was the child stopping often/hesitating while reading words in the text?Stopping
BBL_a_skipping
Was the child omitting/skipping reading some words/sounds in the text? skipping
BBL_a_replacing
Was the child replacing words/sounds that he/she was unable to read? Replacing
BBL_b_Comp1
What was Musa's grandmother doing when Musa visited the farm?
BBL_b_Comp2
How can you tell that the farm is big?
BBL_b_Comp3
What two animal products are you likely to get from this farm?
Comp_Tab_phone
How often do you use these devices? Computer/Tablet/Smartphone
DL_Featurephone
How often do you use these devices? Feature phone
DL_TV
How often do you use these devices? TV
DL_Radio
How often do you use these devices? Radio
DL_usetech
Give adolescent a phone/tablet. Ask them to go to internet and visit their favou
Total: 96
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