Table 7.

Average by indicators

(a) Stunting (average %)
	Kazakhstan			Nigeria			Albania			Bosnia and Herzegovina			Togo			Suriname			Belize			Iraq
	Y1	Y2	∗∗	Y1	Y2		Y1	Y2		Y1	Y2		Y1	Y2		Y1	Y2		Y1	Y2		Y1	Y2
Boys	0.19	0.10	⁎	0.31	0.33		0.41	0.30		0.12	0.06		0.24	0.32	⁎	0.08	0.07		0.23	0.17		0.26	0.20	⁎
Girls	0.17	0.13		0.29	0.33		0.46	0.26	⁎	0.12	0.05		0.22	0.28		0.07	0.06		0.22	0.23		0.25	0.19	⁎
++
N	1,006	1,248		5,357	10,247		288	158		714	403		1,301	1,873		612	1,053		254	522		6,979	16,968

	Lao			Mongolia			Serbia		Sierra Leone		Swaziland		Guyana		Gambia
	Y1	Y2	∗∗	Y1	Y2		Y1	Y2	Y1	Y2	Y1	Y2	Y1	Y2	Y1	Y2
Boys	0.41	0.44		0.28	0.14	⁎	0.09	0.05	0.38	0.43	0.38	0.29	0.13	0.19	0.21	0.25
Girls	0.44	0.44		0.29	0.16	⁎	0.08	0.03	0.37	0.38	0.30	0.27	0.13	0.19	0.16	0.22
++											+
N	1,250	3,113		568	754		1,053	6,93	1,637	2,441	1,435	853	878	790	1,546	3,259

Average	All	Y1	Y2
Boys	0.24	0.25	0.22
Girls	0.23	0.24	0.21

(b) Birth registration (average %)
	Kazakhstan			Nigeria			Albania			Burundi			Cameroon			Vietnam		Togo
	Y1	Y2	∗∗	Y1	Y2		Y1	Y2		Y1	Y2		Y1	Y2		Y1	Y2	Y1	Y2
Boys	0.79	0.82		0.13	0.16		0.83	0.92		0.48	0.63	⁎	0.38	0.69	⁎	0.56	0.63	0.42	0.44
Girls	0.79	0.80		0.11	0.16	⁎	0.84	0.99	⁎	0.46	0.63	⁎	0.37	0.69	⁎	0.59	0.67	0.40	0.47
++
N	1,006	1,248		5,257	10,224		288	158		1,017	2,193		1,463	2,545		7,06	547	1,294	1,866

	Côte d’Ivoire		Suriname		Belize		Trinidad and Tobago		Iraq			Lao
	Y1	Y2	Y1	Y2	Y1	Y2	Y1	Y2	Y1	Y2		Y1	Y2
Boys	0.27	0.27	0.59	0.57	0.44	0.44	0.04	0.02	0.72	0.89	⁎	0.64	0.57
Girls	0.27	0.28	0.60	0.51	0.47	0.46	0.05	0.01	0.71	0.88	⁎	0.64	0.57
++
N	3,188	3,535	608	1,053	252	522			6,979	16,968		1,257	3,105

	Mongolia		Serbia		Sierra Leone		Swaziland		Guyana			Gambia
	Y1	Y2	Y1	Y2	Y1	Y2	Y1	Y2	Y1	Y2		Y1	Y2
Boys	0.85	0.80	0.55	0.64	0.33	0.40	0.44	0.38	0.76	0.90	⁎	0.28	0.53	⁎
Girls	0.86	0.81	0.57	0.67	0.33	0.37	0.42	0.36	0.79	0.95	⁎	0.27	0.53	⁎
++
N	568	754	1,051	691	1,625	2,439	1,415	842	880	788		1,536	3,251

Average	All	Y1	Y2
Boys	0.53	0.50	0.56
Girls	0.54	0.50	0.57

(c) School attendance (average %)
	Kazakhstan			Nigeria		Albania			Burundi			Cameroon			Vietnam
	Y1	Y2	∗∗	Y1	Y2	Y1	Y2		Y1	Y2		Y1	Y2		Y1	Y2
Boys	0.87	0.85		0.80	0.80	0.46	0.96	⁎	0.47	0.73	⁎	0.91	0.96	⁎	0.90	0.91
Girls	0.87	0.87		0.79	0.80	0.45	0.92	⁎	0.43	0.70	⁎	0.91	0.94		0.90	0.92
++
N	5,814	5,594		29,016	42,679	2,598	1,656		6,417	12,066		4,903	11,089		8,097	4,429

	Togo		Côte d’Ivoire			Suriname		Belize			Trinidad and Tobago			Lao
	Y1	Y2	Y1	Y2		Y1	Y2	Y1	Y2		Y1	Y2		Y1	Y2
Boys	0.84	0.85	0.77	0.85	⁎	0.86	0.87	0.73	0.83	⁎	0.83	0.96	⁎	0.78	0.79
Girls	0.81	0.82	0.69	0.80	⁎	0.87	0.87	0.75	0.80	⁎	0.88	0.96	⁎	0.74	0.77	⁎
++			+	+
N	8,802	9,769	15,725	13,401		3,751	5,626	2,065	3,371		2,296	2,625		8,264	22,243

	Mongolia			Serbia		Sierra Leone		Swaziland			Guyana			Gambia
	Y1	Y2		Y1	Y2	Y1	Y2	Y1	Y2		Y1	Y2		Y1	Y2
Boys	0.87	0.92	⁎	0.92	0.89	0.83	0.81	0.86	0.89	⁎	0.79	0.90	⁎	0.44	0.75	⁎
Girls	0.90	0.94	⁎	0.90	0.87	0.81	0.82	0.84	0.88	⁎	0.80	0.90	⁎	0.45	0.76	⁎
++
N	4,283	4,497		3,193	1,821	11,304	17,669	8,652	5,652		5,551	5,619		7,579	13,438

Average	All	Y1	Y2
Boys	0.82	0.77	0.86
Girls	0.81	0.77	0.85

(d) Work time (economic or domestic; average number of hours per week)
	Nigeria			Burundi			Cameroon			Togo		Côte d’Ivoire			Suriname
	Y1	Y2	∗∗	Y1	Y2		Y1	Y2		Y1	Y2	Y1	Y2		Y1	Y2
Boys	9.35	7.34	⁎	23.0	19.3	⁎	26.80	15.11	⁎	11.04	11.75	15.61	11.62	⁎	1.03	0.31
Girls	9.45	9.38		23.5	17.3	⁎	31.22	15.69	⁎	14.30	16.68	24.71	16.49	⁎	1.30	0.31
++		+								+	+	+	+
N	21,482	19,296		2,864	11,727		3,923	4,183		4,913	4,018	10,142	12,380		1,041	1,734

	Mongolia			Sierra Leone			Swaziland			Guyana		Vietnam			Gambia
	Y1	Y2		Y1	Y2		Y1	Y2		Y1	Y2	Y1	Y2		Y1	Y2
Boys	16.41	5.27	⁎	17.76	8.35	⁎	8.18	2.30	⁎	6.74	6.95	6.29	2.50	⁎	6.33	5.68
Girls	15.64	3.65	⁎	18.11	8.90	⁎	7.93	2.81	⁎	6.32	6.53	9.54	4.07	⁎	6.43	9.97
++												+				+
N	905	1,083		6,594	7,425		1,713	1,108		1,749	2,272	28,475	3,171		6,705	11,284

Average	All	Y1	Y2
Boys	10.21	12.38	8.04
Girls	11.68	14.04	9.32

Source: Author’s calculation based on MICS data.

⁺Indicates that the difference between boys and girls in each year is statistically significant (5%) (significance between rows).

^⁎Indicates that the difference across periods is statistically significant (5%) for boys or girls, respectively (significance between columns).