Intestinal Worm Infections and Child Health & Educational Outcomes in Guizhou Province

These data are from a survey of 9-11 years old students in Guizhou Province, China conducted in June 2013. The survey covered 2246 students in 153 villages located across 7 counties in the province. The dataset includes information on student characteristics (gender, age, minority, whether the student boards at school) and family background (household size, number of siblings, parent education, and parent migration status) as well as student physical health (hemoglobin concentrations collected using HemoCue Hb 201+ fingerpick systems, height, weight), Intelligence (using Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children to measure the working memory and processing speed) and infection with one of three types of intestinal worms (roundworm, hookworm, and hookworm).