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. 2021 Oct 25;11(10):e049267. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-049267

Table 4.

Response rates from pilot studies as at article submission date

Country Response rate Total # of children Mean # of children per ECEC # of children with ≥1 days of '24 hours' data % of children with ≥1 days of '24 hours' data Response rates parent survey (%) Gross motor skills (%) Fine motor skills (%) EYT (Mr Ant) (%) EYT (GoNoGo) (%) # of focus groups # of interviews
Australia 89.2% 91 13.0 56 62.9 78.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 98.9 2
Bangladesh 97.0% 64 16.0 57 89.1 98.4 98.4 98.4 93.8 79.7 3
Brazil* 81 40.5 59 76.6 76.5 90.1 90.1 84.0 86.4 1
Canada 17.6% 106 6.6 86 82.7 96.2 100.0 100.0 97.2 90.6 69
China 84.9% 213 71.0 153 77.3 90.1 87.3 87.3 85.4 84.5 3
Hong Kong 31.6% 89 22.3 88 86.4 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 1
Indonesia - Phase II* 101 6.7 17 17.3 98.0 97.0 97.0 81.2 88.1 0
Indonesia - Phase III* 58 6.4 36 65.5 74.1 93.1 93.1 60.3 70.7 9
Japan 43.7% 111 10.1 101 91.0 96.4 100.0 100.0 95.5 98.2 7
Korea Republic†* 45 4.1 93.3 100.0 97.8 91.1 91.1 0
Malaysia 70.0% 135 5.6 82 64.1 100.0 97.8 97.8 96.3 96.3 3
Papua New Guinea‡ 62.9% 100 7.7 83 85.6 100.0 100.0 100.0 95.0 98.0 20
South Africa* 88 12.6 77 89.5 96.6 97.7 97.7 97.7 100.0 3
Spain 28.0% 85 10.6 77 96.3 97.6 91.8 91.8 84.7 87.1 0
Sri Lanka 49.1% 105 13.1 99 95.2 100.0 100.0 100.0 99.0 100.0 0
Sweden** 100 8.3 72 75.0 98.0 100.0 100.0 99.0 98.0 1
Vietnam 42.1% 137 34.3 112 83.6 91.2 98.5 98.5 95.6 95.6 1
Zimbabwe† 56.1% 82 16.4 90.2 95.1 95.1 90.2 92.7 0
India* 52 52 42 80.8 98.1 100.0 100.0 98.1 100.0 50
Pakistan* 24 12.0 19 82.6 100.0 95.8 95.8 79.2 79.2 0

*The response rate could not be calculated in these countries as the denominator was unknown.

†Only the activPAL was pilot tested in these countries.

‡Data collected at the village level.

ECEC, Early Childhood Education and Care; EYT, Early Years Toolbox.