Butajira Birth Cohort (BBC87)
BBC87 tracked a cohort of children born in 1987 in rural Ethiopia from birth to 18 years of age. The study recruited all babies born in 1987 in the Butajira Rural Health Program (BRHP) site in central Ethiopia. At baseline, over 1,800 babies were included in the cohort. Participants were followed up from birth until they turned 18 years old in 2005.
Study design
Cohort - birth, Cohort
Number of participants at first data collection
1,884 (participants)
Age at first data collection
Birth (participants)
Participant year of birth
1987 (participants)
Participant sex
All
Representative sample at baseline?
All livebirths in Butajira District, Ethiopia in 1987.
Sample features
Country
Year of first data collection
1987
Primary Institutions
Addis Ababa University (AAU)
Umeå University (Umeå Universitet)
Links
No website available
Profile paper DOI
Funders
Swedish Agency for Research Cooperation with Developing Countries (Styrelsen för U-landsforskning, SAREC)
Swedish Council for Working Life and Social Research (FAS)
Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Styrelsen för internationellt utvecklingssamarbete, SIDA)
Ongoing?
No
Data types collected
- Interview – face-to-face
- None
- None
- None
Engagement
Keywords
Consortia and dataset groups
