Encuesta de Nutrición, Desarrollo Infantil y Salud (ENDIS)
The ENDIS survey, conducted since 2013, focuses on childhood development, nutrition, health rights, and education access, with national representativeness in Uruguay. The study has three cohorts, the first began in 2013 with a sample of children between 0 and 3 years, the second and third started in 2018 and 2023 respectively, and they sample children aged 0 to 4 years. Participants were identified by the National Statistics Institute through home visits in localities with 5,000 or more inhabitants and by a group of consultants through home visits in localities with less than 5,000 inhabitants. Participants were also identified through the Continuous Household Survey and birth records.
Study design
Cohort - accelerated, Household panel
Number of participants at first data collection
3,077 (first cohort)
2,598 (second cohort)
Age at first data collection
0 - 3 years (first cohort)
0 - 4 years (second cohort)
0 - 4 years (third cohort)
Participant year of birth
2010 - 2013 (first cohort)
Participant sex
All
Representative sample at baseline?
Nationally representative of children in Uruguay in the cohort start years
Sample features
Country
Year of first data collection
2013 (first cohort)
2018 (second cohort)
2023 (third cohort)
Primary Institutions
Instituto Nacional de Estadística (Government, Uruguay)
Office of Planning and Budget (Oficina de Planeamiento y Presupuesto, OPP) (Government, Uruguay)
University of the Republic (Universidad de la República, UdelaR) (Academic, Uruguay)
Links
gub.uy/ministerio-desarrollo-social/endis
closer.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/Reducing-attrition-and-participant-engagement-C2-Beron-Christian.pdf
Profile paper DOI
Not available
Funders
Institute of Children and Adolescents of Uruguay (Government, Uraguay)
Ministry of Education (Government, Uruguay)
Ministry of Health (Government, Uruguay)
National Administration of Public Education (Government, Uruguay)
National Statistics Institute (Government, Uruguay)
Ongoing?
Yes
Data types collected
- Interview – face-to-face
- Physical or biological assessment (e.g. blood, saliva, gait, grip strength, anthropometry)
- Self-completed questionnaire – paper or computer assisted
- Ethnography or participant observation
- None
- Medical birth registry
Engagement
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