Qualitative study on exploring beliefs and practices regarding cognitive and socio-emotional caregiving practices among caregivers of Dhanusha district, Nepal

This qualitative dataset was collected in Nepal’s Dhanusha district in the plains of Nepal in June 2012. It arose from a study that aimed to explore and learn about beliefs and practices prevalent in households and communities regarding cognitive and socio-emotional caregiving practices among mothers and grandmothers in rural areas of Dhanusha district, Nepal. The record consists of seven semi-structured interviews (SSIs) (four with mothers and three with grandmothers) of children under three years of age and four Focus Group Discussions (FGDs) with mothers. All SSIs and FGDs with caregivers were conducted in the local Maithili language by eight experienced field coordinators, working in groups of two. Field coordinators were fluent in Maithili and Nepali. For analysis, all data were transcribed verbatim into Nepali and translated into English. We have anonymised all data for open-access publication. This data contributes to the paper “Children learn on their own by observing and imitating”: a qualitative exploration of caregivers’ perspectives on cognitive and socio-emotional caregiving practices for children 0-3 years in lowland Nepal”本质性数据集于2012年6月采集自尼泊尔平原地区的达努沙县（Dhanusha district）。本数据集源自一项研究，该研究旨在探索并了解尼泊尔达努沙县农村地区母亲与祖母群体，在家庭及社区中普遍存在的、针对儿童认知与社会情感照护实践的理念与做法。本数据集包含7场针对家中有3岁以下儿童的看护者的半结构化访谈（semi-structured interviews, SSIs），其中4场访谈对象为儿童母亲，3场为儿童祖母；另有4场针对儿童母亲的焦点小组讨论（Focus Group Discussions, FGDs）。所有访谈与讨论均由8名经验丰富的实地协调员以两人一组的形式开展，且该类协调员均熟练掌握当地迈蒂利语（Maithili）与尼泊尔语。为开展数据分析，所有原始数据均被逐字转录为尼泊尔语，随后又被译为英文。为支持开放获取出版，我们已对所有数据进行了匿名化处理。本数据集服务于论文《"儿童通过观察与模仿自主学习"：尼泊尔低海拔地区0-3岁儿童看护者对认知与社会情感照护实践的质性探索》