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Early Childhood Development in Roma SettlementsTable CD.5R: Early child development index, Roma Settlements, 2010Percentage of children age 36–59 months who are developmentally on track in literacy-numeracy,physical, social-emotional, and learning domains, and the early child development index scorePercentage of children age 36–59 months who are developmentallyon track for indicated domainsLiteracy-numeracy Physical Social-Emotional LearningEarly childdevelopment indexscore 1Number of childrenage 36–59 monthsSexMale 8.8 99.2 87.4 98.3 86.3 347Female 12.4 98.7 90.9 97.8 90.6 305AreaUrban 13.3 98.7 89.2 98.1 88.8 447Rural 4.5 99.5 88.6 98.0 87.2 205Age36–47 months 8.7 98.6 87.6 97.6 86.1 30548–59 months 12.1 99.2 90.3 98.5 90.2 347Preschool attendanceAttending preschool 23.1 100.0 96.9 99.2 98.8 53Not attending preschool 9.4 98.9 88.3 98.0 87.4 599Mother’s educationNone 12.9 98.5 89.2 96.8 87.6 131Primary 7.7 99.2 88.0 98.4 87.7 462Secondary 28.9 98.1 96.2 98.1 94.6 55Wealth index quintilesPoorest 2.9 97.6 85.3 95.7 82.5 168Second 12.6 99.5 90.0 98.8 90.9 161Middle 10.4 99.0 82.1 98.5 80.9 107Fourth 14.2 100.0 95.6 98.8 96.1 113Richest 15.5 99.2 93.6 99.5 92.9 102Total 10.5 98.9 89.0 98.1 88.3 6521MICS indicator 6.6In Roma settlements, 88 percent of children aged 36–59months are developmentally on track. There are somedifferentials among boys and girls e.g. 86 is the early childdevelopment index score for male, and 91 for female, children.The ECDI index is higher for children that were attendingpreschool (99). Looking at the mothers’ education, ECDI is88 percent for children whose mother has primary educationand 95 percent for children whose mother has secondaryeducation. The index ranges from 83 for the poorest quintileto 93 for the richest quintile.Analysis of the four domains of child developmentshows that 98 percent of children are on track in thelearning domain, 99 percent in the physical, 11 percentin the literacy-numeracy and 89 percent in the social-emotional domains. In almost each individual domainthe higher score is associated with children living inthe richest quintile, with children attending preschooland older children.MONITORING THE SITUATION OF CHILDREN AND WOMEN 151