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Table 1 Descriptive characteristics of the sample (Total n = 20,324)

From: Measuring early childhood development with The Early Human Capability Index (eHCI): a reliability and validity study in China

Categorical variable

N

%

Sex

 Boys

10,573

52.2

 Girls

9751

47.8

Parents’ highest education

 Secondary education and lower (Under Grade 12)

3089

19.7

 Tertiary education

13,313

63.3

 Post-graduate

3871

17.0

Annual household income

  < 100,000 RMB

4289

26.8

 100,000–300,000 RMB

9916

52.1

  > 300,000 RMB

4825

21.1

Nutrition status

 Non-stunting

19,851

97.4

 Stunting

428

2.6

Continuous variable

 

Mean ± SD

Age (month)

 

44.3 ± 3.6

Family assets

 

−0.1 ± 0.9

  1. N = sample size; Mean / % = weighted mean or percentage adjusting for sampling design