Sample characteristics of children aged 36–59 months in Bangladesh (weighted percentage or mean and n=unweighted)
| Characteristics | Number of children (n=unweighted) | % (weighted) |
| Sex of the child | ||
| Boy | 4849 | 51.8 |
| Girl | 4546 | 48.2 |
| Child age in months (mean±SD) | 9395 | 47.2 (6.9) |
| 36–47 months | 4777 | 51.1 |
| 48–59 months | 4618 | 48.9 |
| Size of the child (information is unavailable for all sample) | ||
| Larger than average | 137 | 1.4 |
| Average | 1086 | 11.3 |
| Smaller than average | 255 | 2.8 |
| Missing | 7917 | 84.5 |
| Child nutritional status | ||
| Height for age (WHO) (mean±SD) | 9394 | 3.0 (20.5) |
| Stunted | 2534 | 26.8 |
| Iodine | 6957 | 74.7 |
| Caregiver’s stimulation | ||
| Poor | 1908 | 18.7 |
| High | 6488 | 71.0 |
| Ever attended ECE | 1771 | 19.3 |
| Maternal age in years (mean±SD) | 9205 | 28.6 (6.0) |
| Maternal age (categories) | ||
| 15–19 years | 224 | 2.5 |
| 20–24 years | 2496 | 26.8 |
| 25–29 years | 2754 | 30.0 |
| 30–34 years | 2132 | 23.3 |
| 35–39 years | 1130 | 12.2 |
| 40–49 years | 469 | 5.2 |
| Maternal education | ||
| None/pre-primary | 1246 | 13.2 |
| Primary | 2325 | 24.3 |
| Secondary | 4553 | 48.1 |
| High secondary+ | 1291 | 14.4 |
| Paternal education | ||
| None/pre-primary | 1847 | 22.9 |
| Primary | 2593 | 30.9 |
| Secondary | 2420 | 30.2 |
| High secondary+ | 1238 | 16.1 |
| Household wealth quintiles | ||
| Poorest | 1879 | 22.3 |
| Poorer | 1879 | 20.0 |
| Middle | 1879 | 18.7 |
| Richer | 1879 | 19.3 |
| Richest | 1879 | 19.8 |
| Region | ||
| Barisal | 823 | 5.6 |
| Chattrogram | 1967 | 21.9 |
| Dhaka | 1802 | 23.1 |
| Khulna | 1309 | 10.4 |
| Mymensingh | 563 | 7.5 |
| Rajshahi | 1030 | 12.6 |
| Rangpur | 1108 | 10.8 |
| Sylhet | 793 | 8.0 |
| Urbanicity | ||
| Rural | 7649 | 79.1 |
| Urban | 1746 | 20.9 |
| Season | ||
| Winter (January–March) | 5085 | 56.2 |
| Summer (April–June) | 4310 | 43.8 |
| Types of cooking fuels | ||
| Clean fuels | 1326 | 18.6 |
| Solid fuels | 8069 | 81.8 |
| Technologies/cookstoves for cooking | ||
| Clean fuel stove | 1326 | 18.6 |
| Solid fuel stove | 8069 | 81.4 |
| Chimney/fan in solid fuel stove | 355 | 4.1 |
| Cooking place | ||
| Indoor | 3257 | 34.4 |
| Separate room | 3582 | 37.4 |
| Outdoor | 2556 | 28.1 |
| Levels of exposure to HAP | ||
| Unexposed | 1326 | 18.6 |
| Moderately exposed | 6017 | 62.6 |
| Highly exposed | 2052 | 18.8 |
| ECD indicators | ||
| Literacy–numeracy (not on track) | 6708 | 71.1 |
| Physical (not on track) | 138 | 1.4 |
| Socioemotional (not on track) | 2589 | 27.2 |
| Learning-cognition (not on track) | 903 | 8.6 |
| ECDI (not on track) | 2516 | 25.3 |
ECD, early childhood development; ECDI, Early Childhood Development Index; ECE, early childhood education; HAP, household air pollution.