NMICS 2010 Report - Central Bureau of Statistics

NMICS 2010, Mid- and Far Western Regionsengaged in 0.8 activities. About one quarter (24 percent) percent of children were living in ahousehold without their fathers.Some 66 percent of children in the Mid-Western Region and 76 percent in the Far Western Regionengaged with adult household members in four or more activities. Subregionally, the highestpercentage was in the Far Western Terai (80 percent) and the lowest was in the Mid-WesternMountains (56 percent). There was little variation by gender. Children living in urban areas (82percent) were more likely to engage with adult household members than those living in rural areas(69 percent). Children aged 36–47 months (68 percent) were less likely to engage with adulthousehold members than those aged 48–59 months (74 percent). Mother’s education level, father’seducation level and household wealth status all influenced adult engagement with young children.Some 65 percent of children whose mother had no education engaged with adults compared to 76percent of children whose mother had primary education and 85 percent of children whose motherhad at least secondary education. Father’s education was less influential than mother’s education:some 62 percent of children whose father had no education engaged with adults compared to 71percent of children whose father had primary education and 77 percent of children whose fatherhad at least secondary education. Some 63 percent of children living in the poorest householdsengaged with adults compared to 87 percent of children from the richest households.Some 37 percent of children in the Mid-Western Region engaged with their father in one or moreactivities compared to 50 percent in the Far Western Region. Subregionally, the highest percentagewas in the Far Western Mountains (56 percent) and the lowest was in the Mid-Western Hills (31percent). There was little variation by gender, urban/rural area or child’s age. Mother’s educationlevel, father’s education level and household wealth status all influenced father’s engagement withyoung children. Some 42 percent of children whose mother had no education engaged with theirfather compared to 38 percent of children whose mother had primary education and 48 percent ofchildren whose mother had at least secondary education. In addition, only 47 percent of childrenwhose father had no education and whose father had primary education engaged with himcompared to 61 percent of children whose father had at least secondary education. Only 33 percentof children living in the poorest households engaged with their father compared to 51 percent ofchildren from the richest households.123