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Attendance in early childhood education - Support for learning

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Country or territory	Attendance in early childhood education					Adult support for learning ++					Father's support for learning ++	Source
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Country or territory	Total	Male	Female	Poorest 20%	Richest 20%	Total	Male	Female	Poorest 20%	Richest 20%	Total	Source
Afghanistan	1	1	1	0	4	73	74	73	72	80	62	MICS 2010-11
Albania	40	39	42	26	60	86	85	87	68	96	53	MICS 2005
Bangladesh	15	14	15	11	16	61	61	60	42	85	53	MICS 2006
Belarus	86	87	85	-	-	97	97	96	95	98	72	MICS 2005
Belize	32	30	34	16	59	86	88	83	73	94	50	MICS 2011
Bhutan	10	10	10	3	27	54	52	57	40	73	51	MICS 2010
Bosnia and Herzegovina	6	5	8	1	15	83	83	83	74	90	74	MICS 2006
Botswana	18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	BFHS 2007-08
Burkina Faso	2	3	1	0	9	14	14	14	12	26	24	MICS 2006
Burundi	5	5	5	4	10	34	35	34	32	38	20	MICS 2005
Cameroon	22	22	22	3	56	58	57	59	57	69	39	MICS 2006
Central African Republic	5	5	6	2	17	74	74	74	70	78	42	MICS 2010 prelim
Chad	5	5	4	1	16	70	69	70	64	71	29	MICS 2010 prelim
Côte d'Ivoire	6	5	6	1	24	50	50	51	55	57	40	MICS 2006
Democratic People's Republic of Korea	98	98	97	-	-	91	88	93	-	-	75	MICS 2009
Democratic Republic of the Congo	5	5	5	2	18	61	61	62	62	76	36	MICS 2010
Djibouti	14	12	16	-	-	36	36	35	-	-	23	MICS 2006
Gambia	18	17	19	13	33	48	49	47	50	56	21	MICS 2010 prelim
Georgia	43	44	42	17	70	93	93	93	85	99	61	MICS 2005
Ghana	68	65	72	42	97	40	38	42	23	78	30	MICS 2011 prelim
Guinea-Bissau	10	10	10	4	26	-	-	-	-	-	-	MICS 2006
Guyana	49	48	50	33	78	89	88	89	77	99	52	MICS 2006
Iraq	3	2	3	-	-	58	59	57	-	-	60	MICS 2006
Jamaica	86	84	88	-	-	94	95	93	-	-	41	MICS 2005
Kazakhstan	37	36	38	19	61	92	92	91	84	96	49	MICS 2010-11
Kyrgyzstan	19	21	17	7	47	88	90	85	86	99	54	MICS 2006
Lao People's Democratic Republic	7	8	7	1	44	33	33	34	20	59	24	MICS 2006
Lebanon	62	63	60	-	-	56	58	54	-	-	74	MICS 2009
Mali	10	10	10	1	40	29	27	30	28	44	14	MICS 2010 prelim
Mauritania	5	5	5	2	11	48	48	47	39	64	30	MICS 2007
Mongolia	60	58	61	26	83	59	56	62	44	73	41	MICS 2010 prelim
Montenegro	29	28	30	6	62	97	96	98	88	100	79	MICS 2005-06
Morocco	39	36	41	6	78	48	47	49	35	68	56	ENIMSJ 2006
Mozambique	-	-	-	-	-	47	45	48	48	50	20	MICS 2008
Myanmar	23	23	23	8	46	58	58	58	42	76	44	MICS 2009-10
Nepal	30	29	31	14	61	-	-	-	-	-	-	DHS 2011
Nigeria	32	32	32	5	70	78	78	78	68	91	38	MICS 2007
Sao Tome and Principe	27	29	26	18	51	-	-	-	-	-	-	MICS 2006
Senegal	22	23	21	7	43	-	-	-	-	-	-	DHS 2010-11
Serbia	44	41	47	22	75	95	96	95	84	98	78	MICS 2010
Sierra Leone	14	13	15	5	42	54	53	55	45	79	42	MICS 2010
Somalia	2	2	2	1	6	79	80	79	76	85	48	MICS 2006
South Sudan	6	6	6	2	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	SHHS 2010 prelim
Sudan	20	20	21	10	48	-	-	-	-	-	-	SHHS 2010 prelim
Suriname	39	37	40	17	63	75	75	76	61	92	31	MICS 2006
Swaziland	33	32	34	36	50	50	50	50	35	71	10	MICS 2010
Syrian Arab Republic	8	8	7	4	18	70	70	69	52	84	62	MICS 2006
Tajikistan	10	11	10	1	29	74	73	74	56	86	23	MICS 2005
Thailand	61	60	61	55	78	89	90	89	86	98	57	MICS 2005-06
The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia	22	25	19	0	59	92	92	91	81	97	71	MICS 2011 prelim
Togo	29	27	31	10	52	62	61	63	55	68	38	MICS 2010
Trinidad and Tobago	75	74	76	65	87	98	98	98	96	100	63	MICS 2006
Ukraine	63	63	63	30	74	-	-	-	-	-	-	MICS 2005
Uzbekistan	20	20	19	5	46	91	91	90	83	95	54	MICS 2006
Viet Nam	72	71	73	59	91	77	74	80	63	94	61	MICS 2010
Yemen	3	3	3	0	8	33	34	32	16	56	37	MICS 2006

Notes:
BFHS: Botswana Family Health Survey.
DHS: Demographic and Health Surveys.
ENIMSJ: Enquete Nationale a Indicateurs Multiples et Sante des Jeunes (Morocco).
MICS: Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys.
SHHS: Sudan Household Health Surveys.
- Data not available.
y Data differ from the standard definition or refer to only part of a country. Such data are included in the calculation of regional and global averages.
++ Changes in the definitions of several ECD indicators were made between the third and fourth round of MICS (MICS3 and MICS4). In order to allow for comparability with MICS4, data from MICS3 for the adult support for learning, father’s support for learning and learning materials at home (playthings) indicators were recalculated according to MICS4 indicator definitions. Therefore, the recalculated data presented here will differ from estimates reported in MICS3 national reports.

Indicator Definitions:

Attendance in early childhood education – Percentage of children 36#59 months old who are attending an early childhood education programme.

Adult support for learning – Percentage of children 36-59 months old with whom an adult has engaged in four or more of the following activities to promote learning and school readiness in the past 3 days: a) reading books to the child, b) telling stories to the child, c) singing songs to the child, d) taking the child outside the home, e) playing with the child, and f) spending time with the child naming, counting or drawing things.

Father's support for learning – Percentage of children 36#59 months old whose father has engaged in one or more of the following activities to promote learning and school readiness in the past 3 days: a) reading books to the child, b) telling stories to the child, c) singing songs to the child, d) taking the child outside the home, e) playing with the child, and f) spending time with the child naming, counting or drawing things.