Table 2.

Household, maternal and child characteristics of the 12 126 children in the analytic sample

	Mean (±SD, range) or proportion
Household characteristics
Size	7.78 (±4.36, 3–56)
Lives in rural area	70.64
Is in poorest wealth quintile	26.00
Access to an improved water source
Has access	30.38
Does not have access	66.44
Unknown	3.17
Has access to improved sanitation	29.28
Mother characteristics
Age, years	29.35 (±5.88, 16–49)
Highest level of education
No education	42.47
Primary education	33.96
Secondary or higher education	23.57
Married or cohabitating	95.73
Child characteristics
Male	50.76
Age, months	47.12 (±6.79, 36–59)
Cognitive development off-track	23.75
Socioemotional development off-track	32.05
Literacy-numeracy development off-track	86.55
Physical development off-track	10.76
Overall development off-track	14.13
Early Childhood Development Index Score (0–10)	4.99 (±1.80, 0–10)
Child diet in the last 24 hours
Consumed grains, white roots or tubers	54.95
Consumed legumes or nuts	23.00
Consumed eggs	12.87
Consumed flesh foods	32.69
Consumed dairy	11.99
Consumed vitamin A-rich fruits and vegetables	36.58
Consumed other fruits and vegetables	16.46
Dietary diversity score (0–7)	1.88 (±1.79, 0–7)
Met minimum dietary diversity (≥4 food groups)	18.18
Consumed animal source foods	38.32
Number of stimulation activities received in the past 3 days (range 0–6)	3.21 (±2.05, 0–6)
Received adequate stimulation in the past 3 days (≥4 activities)	49.67
Child attends an early childhood education programme	16.50