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xiiiTable 3.4: Distribution of respondents by Highest grade completed by their spouse(Percentage)Highest grade completed Intervention districts Control districtIntervention Intermediate Control AWCsAWCs AWCs(n=) 828 844 924Illiterate 16.2 13.4 12.8Below primary (Class 1-4) 8.7 11.1 9.6Primary completed (Class 5-7) 17.5 21.9 16.9Middle completed (Class 8-9) 26.7 25.9 25.5Matric or High School (Class 10-11) 16.9 13.7 17.4Higher Secondary/Sr.Secondary (12-13) 9.9 9.4 9.8Graduate and above 3.6 4 5.2Don’t know 0.5 0.5 2.7Median years of schooling 7.09 7.01 7.4131 3.1.5 Age of youngest childLess than two – fifths of them (35% in intervention and 37% in control district) had theiryoungest child ages 36-42 months, followed by those who had their youngest child in ages of60-66 months (19% in intervention and 23% in control districts). The mean age of theiryoungest child was around 32 months in intervention & intermediate AWCs and 35 months incontrol district (Table 3.5).Table 3.5: Distribution of respondents by age of youngest child(Percentage)Age of youngest child Intervention districts Control districtIntervention Intermediate Control AWCsAWCs AWCs(n=) 828 844 924< 6 10.3 9 5.16-11 10 10.3 8.312-23 13.8 14 1324-35 10.6 10 11.136-42 32.9 36.1 36.843-59 1.4 1.5 1.860-66 19.7 17.5 23.1Average age 32.32 32.14 35.42For more district- wise details, Tables 3.1A in Annexure -2 may please be seen.3.2 Profile of households32 3.2.1 Age – sex distribution of household membersAround one – fifth of households had 3-4 members , while about two – fifths each had 5-6 andmore than 6 members. The average household size was 6.5 in intervention , 6.7 inintermediate and 6.3 in control AWCs (Table 3.6).Baseline Study Of Early Childhood Care And Development Project In ChattisgarhApril,2012