Table 5.
Mother-child interaction domain – prevalence of cognitive stimulation and maternal education indicators, by country
| Country | Attendance in early childhood education, (%) |
Households with 3+ children’s books, (%) |
Households with 2+ playthings, (%) |
Children left in inadequate care, (%) |
No Schooling, (%) | Completed secondary school, (%) |
Marriage by age 15 (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Angola | - | - | - | - | 24.6 (MIS 2011) |
- | - |
| Benin | - | - | - | - | 59.5 (DHS 2011/12) |
2.3 (DHS 2011/12) |
7.9 (UNICEF 2012) |
| Botswana | 17.8 (UNICEF 2012) |
- | - | - | - | - | - |
| Burkina Faso | 2.2 (UNICEF 2012) |
- | - | - | 73.9 (MICS 2010) |
0.5 (MICS 2010) |
10.2 (UNICEF 2012) |
| Burundi | 4.7 (UNICEF 2012) |
- | - | - | 44.8 (DHS 2010) |
- | 2.5 (UNICEF 2012) |
| Cameroon | - | - | - | - | 20.0 (MICS 2011) |
2.0 (MICS 2011) |
13.4 (UNICEF 2012) |
| Cape Verde | - | - | - | - | 5.6 | - | 2.8 (UNICEF 2012) |
| Central African Republic |
5.0 (UNICEF 2012) |
0.7 (UNICEF 2012) |
48.5 (UNICEF 2012) |
60.7 (UNICEF 2012) |
- | - | 29.1 (UNICEF 2012) |
| Chad | 4.7 (UNICEF 2012) |
0.5 (UNICEF 2012) |
43.1 (UNICEF 2012) |
- | 74.8 (DHS 2004) |
3.7 (DHS 2004) |
29.0 (UNICEF 2012) |
| Comoros | - | - | - | - | 31.0 (MICS 2012) |
6.2 (MICS 2012) |
- |
| Congo (Brazzaville) |
- | - | - | - | 5.8 (DHS 2011/12) |
4.9 (DHS 2011/12) |
6.7 (UNICEF 2012) |
| Congo (DR) | 4.9 (UNICEF 2012) |
0.6 (UNICEF 2012) |
29 (UNICEF 2012) |
- | 15.4 (DHS 2013/14) |
8.5 (DHS 2013/14) |
9.3 (UNICEF 2012) |
| Côte d’Ivoire | 4.5 (UNICEF 2012) |
4.8 (UNICEF 2012) |
38.7 (UNICEF 2012) |
58.8 (UNICEF 2012) |
53.2 (DHS 2011/12) |
2.8 (DHS 2011/12) |
9.8 (UNICEF 2012) |
| Djibouti | 13.5 (UNICEF 2012) |
14.7 (UNICEF 2012) |
23.7 (UNICEF 2012) |
11.8 (UNICEF 2012) |
- | - | 1.8 (UNICEF 2012) |
| Equatorial Guinea | - | - | - | - | 7.8 (DHS 2011) |
6.4 (DHS 2011) |
- |
| Eritrea | - | - | - | - | 50.1 (DHS 2002) |
6.4 (DHS 2002) |
19.6 (UNICEF 2012) |
| Ethiopia | - | - | - | - | 50.8 (DHS 2011) |
0.9 (DHS 2011) |
16.3 (UNICEF 2012) |
| Gabon | - | - | - | - | 4.4 (DHS 2012) |
3.2 (DHS 2012) |
5.6 (UNICEF 2012) |
| The Gambia | 18.1 (UNICEF 2012) |
1.2 (UNICEF 2012) |
42 (UNICEF 2012) |
20.6 (UNICEF 2012) |
46.5 (DHS 2013) |
- | 7.3 (UNICEF 2012) |
| Ghana | 68.2 (MICS 2011) |
6.2 (MICS 2011) |
41.1 (MICS 2011) |
20.7 (MICS 2011) |
21.1 (DHS 2008) |
10.1 (DHS 2008) |
5.0 (UNICEF 2012) |
| Guinea | - | - | - | - | 67.0 (DHS 2012) |
1.5 (DHS 2012) |
19.8 (UNICEF 2012) |
| Guinea-Bissau | 9.9 (UNICEF 2012) |
- | - | - | - | - | 6.5 (UNICEF 2012) |
| Kenya | - | - | - | - | 15.0 (MIS 2010) |
13.4 (MIS 2010) |
6.2 (UNICEF 2012) |
| Lesotho | - | - | - | - | 1.2 (DHS 2009) |
8.0 (DHS 2009) |
2.3 (UNICEF 2012) |
| Liberia | - | - | - | - | 33.2 (DHS 2013) |
6.0(DHS 2013) | 10.8 (UNICEF 2012) |
| Madagascar | - | - | - | - | 20.7 (MIS 2013) |
2.3 (MIS 2013) |
14.4 (UNICEF 2012) |
| Malawi | - | - | - | - | 18.2 (MIS 2012) |
6.2 (MIS 2012) |
11.7 (UNICEF 2012) |
| Mali | 10.1 (UNICEF 2012) |
0.4 (UNICEF 2012) |
40 (UNICEF 2012) |
32.8 (UNICEF 2012) |
75.8 (DHS 2012/13) |
0.8 (DHS 2012/13) |
14.5 (UNICEF 2012) |
| Mauritania | 13.6 (UNICEF 2012) |
- | 40.1 (UNICEF 2012) |
26.1 (UNICEF 2012) |
26.9 (EMIP 2003/04) |
- | 14.2 (UNICEF 2012) |
| Mauritius | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mozambique | - | 2.8 (UNICEF 2012) |
- | 32.5 (UNICEF 2012) |
31.2 (DHS 2011) |
2.3 (DHS 2011) |
14.3 (UNICEF 2012) |
| Namibia | - | - | - | - | 4.6 (DHS 2013) |
17.8 (DHS 2013) |
2.4 (UNICEF 2012) |
| Niger | - | - | - | - | 80.0 (DHS 2012) |
0.3 (DHS 2012) |
36.1 (UNICEF 2012) |
| Nigeria | 42.6 (UNICEF 2012) |
6.0 (UNICEF 2012) |
38.1 (UNICEF 2012) |
39.9 (UNICEF 2012) |
37.8 (DHS 2013) |
18.3 (DHS 2013) |
19.6 (UNICEF 2012) |
| Réunion | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rwanda | - | - | - | - | 13.8 (MIS 2013) |
4.3 (MIS 2013) |
0.8 (UNICEF 2012) |
| Sao Tome and Principe |
27.4 (UNICEF 2012) |
- | - | - | 5.9 (DHS 2008/09) |
0.5 (DHS 2008/09) |
5.0 (UNICEF 2012) |
| Senegal | 21.6 (UNICEF 2012) |
- | - | - | 54.8 (DHS 2012/13) |
0.6 (MICS 2010/11) |
12.0 (UNICEF 2012) |
| Seychelles | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sierra Leone | 13.9 (UNICEF 2012) |
2.1 (UNICEF 2012) |
34.6 (UNICEF 2012) |
32.4 (UNICEF 2012) |
55.8 (DHS 2013) |
4.7 (DHS 2013) |
17.7 (UNICEF 2012) |
| Somalia | 2.3 (UNICEF 2012) |
- | - | - | - | - | 8.4 (UNICEF 2012) |
| South Africa | - | - | - | - | 12.2 (DHS 2003) |
- | 0.8 (UNICEF 2012) |
| South Sudan | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sudan | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Swaziland | 33 (UNICEF 2012) |
3.8 (UNICEF 2012) |
68.6 (UNICEF 2012) |
14.9 (UNICEF 2012) |
8.1 (DHS 2006/07) |
- | 0.7 (UNICEF 2012) |
| Tanzania | - | - | - | - | 17.8 (AIS/MIS 2011/12) |
0.3 (AIS/MIS 2011/12) |
6.6 (UNICEF 2012) |
| Togo | 28.8 (UNICEF 2012) |
1.5 (UNICEF 2012) |
31.2 (UNICEF 2012) |
41.3 (UNICEF 2012) |
31.8 (DHS 2013/14) |
- | 5.8 (UNICEF 2012) |
| Uganda | - | - | - | - | 12.9 (DHS 2011) |
1.3 (DHS 2011) |
9.9 (UNICEF 2012) |
| Western Sahara | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Zambia | - | - | - | - | 10.4 (DHS 2007) |
5.4 (DHS 2007) |
8.5 (UNICEF 2008–12) |
| Zimbabwe | - | - | - | - | 2.3 (DHS 2010/11) |
1.5 (DHS 2010/11) |
9.3 (UNICEF 2012) |