Table 1.

Household, maternal, and child characteristics of the 8300 children in the analytic sample.

	Mean (SD) or Proportion
Household characteristics
Size, number of household members	8.3 ± 4.4
Lives in rural area	75.9
Is in lowest two wealth quintile	53.1
Has access to improved sanitation	22.9
Mother characteristics
Age, years	31.0 ± 5.6
Highest level of education
No education	50.8
Primary education	35.3
Secondary or higher education	14.0
Married or cohabitating	96.4
Child characteristics
Male	50.9
Age, months	47.1 ± 6.8
Preceding birth interval was ≥33 months	43.8
Has at least one younger sibling	4.9
Cognitive development off-track	25.5
Socio-emotional development off-track	33.1
Height-for-age Z-score	−1.9 ± 1.4
Stunted (height-for-age Z-score <2 SD)	42.4
Dietary diversity score in the past 24 h (0–7)	1.8 ± 1.7
Any illness in the past 2 weeks	34.5
Number of stimulation activities received by the mother the past 3 days (0–6)	1.6 ± 1.7