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Table 2 Demographic and contextual characteristics of the final analytic sample

From: Psychometric properties and factor structure of the Early Development Instrument in a sample of Jordanian children

Variable

Category

Number of children

Percentage

Child’s sex

Male

3106

52.1%

 

Female

2859

47.9%

Enrollment in kindergarten

Enrolled

3958

66.4%

 

Not enrolled

1697

28.4%

School location

Rural

2836

47.6%

 

Urban

2840

47.5%

Geographical area

South

1272

21.3%

 

Middle

2352

39.4%

 

North

1816

30.4%

Mother education

Illiterate

359

6.0%

 

Lower basic education (grades 1–6)

542

9.1%

 

Higher basic education (grades 7–10)

677

11.3%

 

Secondary education

2093

35.1%

 

Diploma

709

11.9%

 

University education

1511

25.3%

Father education

Illiterate

301

5.0%

 

Lower basic education (grades 1–6)

731

12.3%

 

Higher basic education (grades 7–10)

902

15.1%

 

Secondary education

2356

39.5%

 

Diploma

502

8.4%

 

University education

1070

17.9%

Family monthly income

Less than 300JD ($423)

2330

39.1%

 

300JD-599JD ($423–$845)

2469

41.4%

 

600JD-899JD ($856–$1268)

701

11.8%

 

More than 899JD ($1268)

319

5.3%

  1. Note Not all percentages add up to 100% because of missing values