Table 1 Descriptive statistics of...

Table 1

Descriptive statistics of variables

	Whole	Male	Female
ECD index (1/0)	0.76	0.73	0.79
ECD index 24–35 (1/0)^*	0.77	0.75	0.79
ECD index 36–47 (1/0)^**	0.88	0.76	0.81
ECD index 48–59 (1/0)^***	0.73	0.69	0.77
Number of ECD milestones achieved (0/20)	13.80	13.51	14.11
Number of health ECD milestones achieved (0/5)	3.64	3.56	3.73
Number of learning ECD milestones achieved (0/10)	6.52	6.34	6.69
Number of psychosocial ECD milestones achieved (0/5)	3.63	3.59	3.68
Female	0.49	–	–
Age in months	42.66	42.74	42.58
Mother’s years of education	11.18	11.17	11.19
Educational attainment of mother
No education	0.03	0.03	0.03
Primary school	0.09	0.10	0.10
Secondary school	0.56	0.56	0.55
Higher	0.32	0.31	0.32
Mother’s age	31.89	32.00	31.78
Household Wealth Quantile
Bottom 20%	0.38	0.38	0.38
2nd 20%	0.24	0.24	0.23
3rd 20%	0.18	0.17	0.19
4th 20%	0.14	0.15	0.14
Top 20%	0.06	0.06	0.06
Birth order	1.51	1.49	1.54
Number of children under five	1.85	1.82	1.87
Household size	6.00	6.01	5.99
Rural Residence	0.18	0.17	0.19
Mother’s work	0.10	0.10	0.10
# of Observations	3,346	1,682	1,664

	Whole	Male	Female
ECD index (1/0)	0.76	0.73	0.79
ECD index 24–35 (1/0)^*	0.77	0.75	0.79
ECD index 36–47 (1/0)^**	0.88	0.76	0.81
ECD index 48–59 (1/0)^***	0.73	0.69	0.77
Number of ECD milestones achieved (0/20)	13.80	13.51	14.11
Number of health ECD milestones achieved (0/5)	3.64	3.56	3.73
Number of learning ECD milestones achieved (0/10)	6.52	6.34	6.69
Number of psychosocial ECD milestones achieved (0/5)	3.63	3.59	3.68
Female	0.49	–	–
Age in months	42.66	42.74	42.58
Mother’s years of education	11.18	11.17	11.19
Educational attainment of mother
No education	0.03	0.03	0.03
Primary school	0.09	0.10	0.10
Secondary school	0.56	0.56	0.55
Higher	0.32	0.31	0.32
Mother’s age	31.89	32.00	31.78
Household Wealth Quantile
Bottom 20%	0.38	0.38	0.38
2nd 20%	0.24	0.24	0.23
3rd 20%	0.18	0.17	0.19
4th 20%	0.14	0.15	0.14
Top 20%	0.06	0.06	0.06
Birth order	1.51	1.49	1.54
Number of children under five	1.85	1.82	1.87
Household size	6.00	6.01	5.99
Rural Residence	0.18	0.17	0.19
Mother’s work	0.10	0.10	0.10
# of Observations	3,346	1,682	1,664

Note(s): Author’s calculations using data from the 2023 JPFHS. ^*The total number of observations for the ECD index among children aged 24–35 months is 935; ^**1,157 for children aged 36–47 months; and ^***1,254 for children aged 48–59 months

Source(s): Table created by authors

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