Very young children with early stimulation and responsive care

Indicator Name % of targeted children age 0 to 59 months engaged in four or more activities to provide early stimulation and responsive care in the past 3 days with any adult in the household
Indicator ID in PRIME IN00041492

Definition

Definition

This indicator measures the percentage of very young children engaged with activities to provide early stimulation and responsive care in the household.

Numerator

Number of children aged 0 to 59 months reported by an adult in the household to have been engaged in four or more activities to provide early stimulation and responsive care in the past 3 days with any adult in the household.

Denominator

Children participating in the project. If a sample survey was used, please use MEAL PIRS under Source of Data to show sampling method, sample size, confidence level, confidence interval, size of target population, and the effect size where a comparison group was also assessed.

Recommended Means of Verification

To measure this indicator for children aged 36 to 59 months, please refer to the IDELA full Caregiver Assessment. https://idela-network.org/the-idela-tool To measure this indicator for children 0 to 35 months, please adapt a caregiver assessment in line with the guidance of the Building Brains Common Approach.

Indicator Attributes

Indicator Prioritisation Global Indicator
Level of Indicator Outcome
Indicator Context Type Quantitative
Theme Education
Sub Theme Early Childhood Care and Development
Common Approach Ready to Learn (Emergent Literacy and Math), Building Brains
Context Development

Measurement Guidance 

Frequency of Data Collection Annually
Unit of Measure Individual
Data Format Percent
Direction of Desired Change Increasing
Number of Decimal Points Zero
Nature Cumulative
Recommended Disaggregations Disability, Gender , Settlement, Migration Status
This guidance was prepared by Mya Gordon ©
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