Table 1

Surveys Used in Analysis

Children 36–71 Months Old in Survey
Country	Name of Survey	Years When Survey Was Applied	Sample Size		Population Coverage	Age Range for Children (in Months)
Country	Name of Survey	Years When Survey Was Applied	Urban	Rural	Population Coverage	Age Range for Children (in Months)
Chile	Encuesta Longitudinal de la Primera Infancia (ELPI)	2010	4,800	594	Survey is nationally representative for households with children five years old and younger	36–57
Colombia	Encuesta Longitudinal Colombiana de la Universidad de los Andes (ELCA)	2010	1,208	1,297	Urban sample representative for all but the richest ten percent of population Rural sample representative for four geographic subregions	36–71
Ecuador	Ecuador Longitudinal Survey of Child Health and Development (ELSCHD)	Baseline: 2003–2004 1st followup: 2006 2nd followup: 2008 3rd followup: 2011	1,227	1,692	Families eligible or almost eligible for the Bono de Desarrollo Humano cash transfer program	36–71
Nicaragua	“Atención a Crisis” database	Baseline: 2005 1st followup: 2006 2nd followup: 2008	NA	1,817	Households representative for six rural municipalities targeted for the Atención a Crisis cash transfer program	36–71
Peru	Young Lives	Baseline: 2006–2007 1st followup: 2009	1,038	817	Representative for all but the richest five percent of districts in Peru	53–71

Notes: In countries with more than one survey, the sample sizes refer to the baseline survey, as these are the results we use for the bulk of the analysis.