Telephone versus in-person administration of the Early Childhood Development Index 2030: a crossover study, Brazil, Canada, India and Malawi
Nicholas Kuzik, Sabrina Buchanan, Sarita de Mendonça Bacciotti, Madison Boyd, Emily Bremer, Brianne A Bruijns, Hilary AT Caldwell, Claudia Cappa, Valerie Carson, Guy Faulkner, Alex Antonio Florindo, Anelise Reis Gaya, Kianoush Harandian, Uddhavi Kand, Janine Kayange, Himangi Lubree, Clarice Martins, · 2026
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Nicholas Kuzik and colleagues tested whether phone interviews agree with in-person interviews for a child development survey across four countries. Their 2026 crossover study compares the Early Childhood Development Index 2030, given to caregivers of children aged 36 to 60 months in Brazil, Canada, India, and Malawi. Remote administration could expand monitoring, but agreement with in-person gold standard had been unproven.
Among 258 participants, with 212 paired phone and in-person observations, pooled overall scores showed no significant difference between modes. In-person scores ran slightly higher for girls and for participants in India, while Canadian scores dipped on second assessment regardless of mode. The paper supports telephone administration as broadly equivalent for overall scores, while flagging small subgroup and order effects for survey designers.
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| CREATOR | Nicholas Kuzik, Sabrina Buchanan, Sarita de Mendonça Bacciotti, Madison Boyd, Emily Bremer, Brianne A Bruijns, Hilary AT Caldwell, Claudia Cappa, Valerie Carson, Guy Faulkner, Alex Antonio Florindo, Anelise Reis Gaya, Kianoush Harandian, Uddhavi Kand, Janine Kayange, Himangi Lubree, Clarice Martins, |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 37 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |