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Table 3 Sample descriptive characteristics

From: Measuring early childhood development in multiple contexts: the internal factor structure and reliability of the early Human Capability Index in seven low and middle income countries

 

Brazil

n (%)

China

n (%)

Kiribati

n (%)

Lao PDR

n (%)

Samoa

n (%)

Tonga

n (%)

Tuvalu

n (%)

Child gender

 Male

853 (47.1)

5587 (48.9)

4269 (51.2)

3824 (51.0)

6293 (51.6)

3247 (52.3)

272 (49.5)

 Female

855 (47.2)

5338 (46.7)

3915 (46.9)

3669 (49.0)

5898 (48.4)

2967 (47.7)

277 (50.5)

 Missing

102 (5.6)

496 (4.3)

155 (1.9)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

Child age

 2 years

57 (3.1)

54 (0.5)

948 (11.4)

1410 (18.8)

1159 (9.5)

13 (0.2)

1 (0.2)

 3 years

571 (31.5)

3396 (29.7)

2185 (26.2)

1749 (23.3)

4377 (35.9)

1609 (25.9)

163 (29.7)

 4 years

760 (42.0)

3329 (29.1)

2136 (25.6)

1867 (24.9)

4616 (37.9)

2058 (33.1)

180 (32.8)

 5 years

420 (23.2)

3360 (29.4)

2013 (24.1)

1599 (21.3)

2039 (16.7)

2038 (32.8)

195 (35.5)

 6 years

0 (0.0)

1226 (10.7)

173 (2.1)

16 (0.2)

0 (0.0)

443 (7.1)

7 (1.3)

 Missing

2 (0.1)

56 (0.5)

884 (10.6)

852 (11.4)

0 (0.0)

53 (0.9)

3 (0.5)

Child preschool attendance

 Yes

1810 (100.0)

9159 (80.2)

7665 (91.9)

1738 (23.2)

4657 (38.2)

2701 (43.5)

498 (90.7)

 No

0 (0.0)

2176 (19.1)

674 (8.1)

5755 (76.8)

7534 (61.8)

3513 (56.5)

51 (9.3)

 Missing

0 (0.0)

86 (0.8)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

Maternal Education

 No school

307 (2.7)

2265 (30.2)

 Started Primary

1242 (10.9)

714 (8.6)

2045 (27.3)

 Finished Primary

3372 (29.5)

1438 (17.2)

2182 (29.1)

222 (1.8)

81 (1.3)

47 (8.6)

 Started Secondary

3563 (31.2)

2319 (27.8)

603 (4.9)

2399 (38.6)

89 (16.2)

 Finished Secondary

1358 (11.9)

2710 (32.5)

754 (10.1)

10,037 (82.3)

2621 (42.2)

107 (19.5)

 Tertiary

751 (6.6)

785 (9.4)

242 (3.2)

1329 (10.9)

1107 (17.8)

117 (21.3)

 Missing

828 (7.2)

373 (4.5)

5 (0.1)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

189 (34.4)

 Total n

1810

11,421

8339

7493

12,191

6214

549

  1. Note. Maternal education data were not collected in Brazil. In Samoa, Tonga, and Tuvalu, when responding to the maternal education item, respondents could select only one response option pertaining to primary school and so the proportions represented against the ‘finished primary school’ category for these countries may include a combination of children for whom their mother either started or finished primary school