Table 3.
Sample Descriptives.
| Sample characteristics | Nigeria (n = 1,843) |
Mongolia (n = 1,354) |
Suriname (n = 679) |
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| % or mean | N | % or mean | N | % or mean | N | ||||
| Violent discipline score | |||||||||
| 32.6 | 1,843 | 7.9 | 1,354 | 19.8 | 679 | ||||
| Attended school during current school year | |||||||||
| No | 5.3% | 95 | 3.5% | 48 | 3.2% | 30 | |||
| Yes | 94.7% | 1,748 | 96.5% | 1306 | 96.8% | 649 | |||
| Hours of economic activity in the past week (child) | 3.4 | 1,843 | 0.9 | 1,354 | 0.4 | 679 | |||
| Hours of household chores in the past week (child) | 7.0 | 1,843 | 5.7 | 1,354 | 1.5 | 679 | |||
| Proportion of young people who have a job (out of all young people in the household) | 0.3 | 1,843 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | |||
| Average overall happiness among household members | 4.5 | 1,843 | 4.2 | 1,354 | 4.1 | 679 | |||
| Days alcohol was used in the past month (men) | 1.4 | 1,843 | 1.3 | 1,354 | 2.7 | 679 | |||
| Days alcohol was used in the past month (women) | 0.4 | 1,843 | 0.5 | 1,843 | 0.9 | 679 | |||
| Wealth Quintiles [ref = Poorest] | |||||||||
| Poorest | 17.4% | 267 | 23.2% | 380 | 20.2% | 124 | |||
| Second | 21.1% | 348 | 21.1% | 324 | 26.5% | 172 | |||
| Middle | 23.2% | 421 | 15.6% | 234 | 17.8% | 136 | |||
| Fourth | 20.3% | 398 | 18.9% | 256 | 20.3% | 143 | |||
| Richest | 18.0% | 409 | 21.3% | 160 | 15.2% | 104 | |||
| Number of household members | 11.3 | 1,843 | 5.0 | 1,354 | 6.5 | 679 | |||
| Female headed household | |||||||||
| No | 97.2% | 1,745 | 95.1% | 1,283 | 62.2% | 464 | |||
| Yes | 2.9% | 98 | 4.9% | 71 | 37.8% | 215 | |||
| Child's sex | |||||||||
| Male | 50.1% | 937 | 49.1% | 673 | 49.7% | 328 | |||
| Female | 50.0% | 906 | 50.9% | 681 | 50.3% | 351 | |||
| Child's age (years) | 9.6 | 1,843 | 8.9 | 1,354 | 9.3 | 679 | |||
| Mother in the household | |||||||||
| No | 8.3% | 208 | 2.7% | 41 | 10.5% | 50 | |||
| Yes | 91.7% | 1,635 | 97.3% | 1,313 | 89.5% | 629 | |||
| Father in the household | |||||||||
| No | 6.6% | 220 | 6.4% | 97 | 26.2% | 156 | |||
| Yes | 93.4% | 1,623 | 93.6% | 1,257 | 73.8% | 523 | |||
| Education of household head | |||||||||
| None or non-formal education | 40.8% | 601 | 8.8% | 126 | 8.2% | 43 | |||
| Primary | 20.2% | 416 | 14.6% | 230 | 27.5% | 190 | |||
| Secondary | 23.3% | 479 | 53.0% | 735 | 59.0% | 406 | |||
| Higher | 15.7% | 347 | 23.5% | 263 | 5.3% | 40 | |||
| Ethnic group of household head | |||||||||
| Hausa | 57.6% | 775 | Khalkh | 77.8% | 1,028 | Indigenous/Amerindian | 29.5% | 139 | |
| Igbo | 6.2% | 218 | Kazakh | 6.9% | 153 | Maroon | 6.9% | 41 | |
| Yoruba | 7.2% | 222 | Other | 15.3% | 173 | Creole | 11.3% | 89 | |
| Other ethnic group | 29.0% | 628 | Hindustani | 24.7% | 188 | ||||
| Javanese | 15.3% | 129 | |||||||
| Mixed ethnicity | 10.5% | 80 | |||||||
| Other | 1.7% | 13 | |||||||
| Religion of household head | |||||||||
| Christian | 27.5% | 822 | Buddhist | 48.3% | 642 | Christianity | 53.6% | 343 | |
| Islam | 71.6% | 996 | No religion | 41.6% | 534 | Hinduism | 19.5% | 148 | |
| Other | 1.0% | 25 | Muslim or other | 10.0% | 178 | Islam | 15.4% | 123 | |
| Traditional or other religion | 4.9% | 27 | |||||||
| No religion | 6.6% | 38 | |||||||
| Child needs to be physically punished to be brought up properly | |||||||||
| No | 34.9% | 604 | 76.5% | 1,078 | 77.5% | 542 | |||
| Yes | 65.1% | 1,239 | 23.5% | 276 | 22.5% | 137 | |||
| Average domestic violence norms score (out of 5) | 0.4 | 1,843 | 0.04 | 1,843 | 0.03 | 679 | |||
| Urban/rural residence | |||||||||
| Urban | 35.8% | 581 | 62.1% | 681 | 69.0% | 403 | |||
| Rural | 64.2% | 1,262 | 37.9% | 673 | 31.0% | 276 | |||
| Geopolitical Zones | |||||||||
| North central | 17.2% | 410 | Western | 15.6% | 390 | Paramaribo | 31.7% | 197 | |
| North east | 24.1% | 257 | Khangai | 18.4% | 261 | Wanica | 32.0% | 150 | |
| North west | 40.7% | 569 | Central | 17.1% | 230 | Nickerie | 5.4% | 72 | |
| South east | 4.1% | 171 | Eastern | 7.8% | 185 | Coronie | 1.0% | 11 | |
| South south | 6.4% | 213 | Ulaanbaatar | 41.2% | 288 | Saramacca | 3.2% | 54 | |
| South west | 7.6% | 223 | Commewijne | 5.8% | 65 | ||||
| Marowijne | 5.0% | 45 | |||||||
| Para | 7.3% | 46 | |||||||
| Brokopondo | 5.0% | 19 | |||||||
| Sipaliwini | 3.8% | 20 | |||||||