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Table 1 Socio-economic characteristics of participant children

From: Comparison of performance of Sri Lankan and US children on cognitive and motor scales of the Bayley scales of infant development

Characteristic

Number

Percentage

Ethnicity

  

  Sinhalese

128

85.3

  Tamil

12

8.0

  Moor

4

2.7

  Burgher

4

2.7

  Other

2

1.3

Religion

  

  Buddhist

96

64.0

  Catholic/Christian

40

26.7

  Hindu

9

6.0

  Islam

5

3.3

Monthly income (SLR) 1

  

< 5,000

4

2.7

5,001 – 15, 000

48

32.0

15, 001 – 25,000

59

39.3

25,001 – 50, 000

29

19.3

> 50, 000

10

6.7

Mother’s educational level

  

Less than G.C.E. O/Ls

25

16.7

Upto G.C.E. O/Ls

72

48.0

Upto G.C.E A/Ls

46

30.7

Graduate and above

4

2.7

Other professional/technical

3

2.0

Father’s educational level

  

Less than G.C.E. O/Ls

25

16.7

Upto G.C.E. O/Ls

73

48.7

Upto G.C.E A/Ls

47

31.3

Graduate and above

4

2.7

Other professional/technical

1

0.7

Total number of children

150

100

  1. 11 USD = SLR 130.00.