Table 1. Demographic characteristics and ECC .

		Number of children	%	Average deft	Standard deviation	P
1	Age	0-12 mos	0	0	0	0	P<0.001
		12-23 mos	14	1	1	0.00
		24-35 mos	140	10	2.1	0.703
		36-47 mos	308	22	3.72	0.864
		48-59 mos	490	35	4.74	1.156
		60-71 mos	448	32	4.88	3.10
2	Gender	Male	686	49	4.92	2.844	P>0.05
		Female	714	51	4.84	2.082
3	Geographical location	Rural	574	41	5.19	2.909	P<0.05
	Urban	826	59	4.66	2.113
4	Number of siblings	0	154	11	4.81	2.13	P>0.05
		1	672	48	5.08	2.50
		2	490	35	4.74	2.625
		3 or more	84	6	4.16	1.875