Table 2.

Descriptive statistics and correlation matrix for caregiver education, household resources, infant growth, and covariates by HDI group

Indicator (possible range)		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
A. High HDI
1. Caregiver education (0–3)		--
2. Quality of housinga		0.10	--
3. Material resources (0–5)		0.18	0.47	--
4. Learning resourcesa		0.45	0.17	0.27	--
5. Height-for-agea		0.13	0.16	0.19	0.12	--
6. Weight-for-heighta		0.04	0.03	0.04	0.06	−0.31	--
7. Feeding (0–1)		0.06	0.10	0.09	0.13	0.02†	0.07	--
8. Diarrhea (0–1)		−0.09	0.01†	0.00†	−0.07	−0.01†	−0.02	−0.00†	--
M		1.86	0.97	2.05	0.59	−0.06	0.40	0.62	0.06
SD		0.75	0.30	.49	0.75	0.62	0.77	0.49	0.24
B. Medium HDI
1. Caregiver education (0–3)		--
2. Quality of housinga		0.46	--
3. Material resources (0–5)		0.47	0.74	--
4. Learning resourcesa		0.47	0.49	0.45	--
5. Height-for-agea		0.12	0.16	0.15	0.12	--
6. Weight-for-heighta		0.20	0.23	0.18	0.16	−0.18	--
7. Feeding (0–1)		−0.04	−0.07	−0.07	0.10	−0.06	0.06	--
8. Diarrhea (0–1)		−0.10	−0.07	−0.06	−0.09	−0.04	−0.09	−0.05	--
M		1.33	0.09	1.23	0.17	−0.30	0.02	0.57	0.13
SD		0.90	0.75	0.85	0.74	0.62	0.81	0.49	0.34
C. Low HDI
1. Caregiver education (0–3)		--
2. Quality of housinga		0.32	--
3. Material resources (0–5)		0.31	0.63	--
4. Learning resourcesa		0.37	0.36	0.34	--
5. Height-for-agea		0.09	0.10	0.10	0.05	--
6. Weight-for-heighta		0.06	0.07	0.04	0.04	−0.21	--
7. Feeding (0–1)		0.01	0.09	0.08	0.10	−0.11	0.03	--
8. Diarrhea (0–1)		−0.02	−0.03	−0.04	−0.00†	−0.03	−0.06	0.02	--
M		0.61	−0.45	0.77	−0.50	−0.44	−0.12	0.47	0.20
SD		0.74	0.51	0.73	0.54	0.69	0.85	0.50	0.40

Note. All correlations p < 0.05 except where noted.

^†p > 0.05.

^aStandard score.