Table 3.

Prevalence of stimulating parenting practices.

	(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)	(5)	(6)	(7)	(8)	(9)
	All	Shaanxi 2014	Yunnan 2015	Hebei 2015	Shaanxi 2016	Beijing 2017	Henan 2017	Shaanxi 2017	Yunnan 2019
	(N = 4436)	(N = 525)	(N = 210)	(N = 230)	(N = 1832)	(N = 81)	(N = 271)	(N = 273)	(N = 1014)
Read book to infant (1 = yes)	960	21	107	155	384	25	78	64	126
	0.22	0.04	0.51	0.67	0.21	0.31	0.29	0.23	0.12
Told story to infant (1 = yes)	742	57	20	42	338	30	66	71	118
	0.17	0.11	0.10	0.18	0.18	0.37	0.24	0.26	0.12
Sang song to infant (1 = yes)	1678	195	5	20	795	52	135	115	361
	0.38	0.37	0.02	0.09	0.43	0.64	0.50	0.42	0.36
At least one practice (1 = yes)	2168	207	113	162	923	58	157	130	418
	0.49	0.39	0.54	0.70	0.50	0.72	0.58	0.48	0.41
Two or more practices (1 = two or more practices)	848	50	17	36	414	33	79	78	141
	0.19	0.10	0.08	0.16	0.23	0.41	0.29	0.29	0.14

Notes: ^a Data are frequency and percent. ^b The simulating parent practices (read book to infant, told story to infant, and sang song to infant) reported in columns 2–5 measured caregiver engagement in the previous day; the columns 6–9 measured caregiver engagement in the past three days.