Table 1.

Weighted characteristics of sample children, León, Nicaragua

	Mean or % (standard deviation)
	All	Age 3–6.9	Age 7–10.9
	N = 431	n = 235	n = 196
Child characteristics
Child parasite treatment in past few weeks	8%	8%	8%
Child age in years	6.7 (1.9)	5.2 (1.0)	8.5 (0.9)
Child male	49%	48%	50%
Maternal characteristics
Maternal social support	10.3 (2.9)	10.3 (2.8)	10.2 (3.0)
Mother brings in most income	20%	18%	23%
Mother manages household money	73%	66%	81%
Maternal depressive symptoms	5.4 (4.3)	5.3 (4.1)	5.6 (4.5)
Maternal age	31 (6.4)	30 (6.3)	33 (6.0)
Mother pregnant	4%	4%	3%
Mother education primary school or less	34%	30%	38%
Mother working	55%	53%	57%
Mother married	42%	40%	45%
Mother cohabiting	37%	40%	33%
Mother single, divorced, separated or widowed	21%	20%	22%
Household characteristics
Age of youngest child in household (years)	4.0 (2.7)	3.0 (1.9)	5.2 (3.0)
Household size	8.6 (4.1)	8.8 (4.3)	8.3 (3.8)
Number of household assets	9.3 (3.2)	9.3 (3.0)	9.4 (3.4)
Household received remittances in past 6 months	14%	13%	14%
Household receives government assistance	4%	4%	3%