|
Parameters (in 2015 US$)
|
Annual volunteer-hours per crèche
|
Annual cost per crèche
|
Annual cost per child
|
|---|
|
Opportunity cost of time*
|
|
Crèche workers' time (mother and assistant)†
|
2304.00
|
$941.76
|
$36.25
|
|
VIPC and UIPC members' time
|
138.72
|
$56.70
|
$2.18
|
|
Parents' time‡
|
3392.26
|
− $5546.35
|
− $213.48
|
|
Program cost
|
|
Estimates from Table 2
|
–
|
$416.35
|
$16.03
|
|
Total cost (savings)
|
|
Opportunity cost of time + program cost
| |
− $4131.54
|
− $159.02
|
- Negative values indicate savings. VIPC and UIPC are Village and Union Injury Prevention Committees. See the Additional file 1 for details about data assumptions and calculations. Assumptions are varied in sensitivity analysis
- *The opportunity cost of time is the minimum wage, 8000 BDT per month in the year 2018 based on Butler (2019), equivalent to US$78.48 in 2015
- †A crèche operates for 4 h per day, 6 days per week, which is part-time, thus the wage per crèche worker is 50% of the minimum wage
- ‡Assumes savings for only one parent per child and the estimate is a function of the minimum wage and crèche attendance level, see the Additional file 1 for details. Parameters with black bold text indicate major parameter groups: opportunity cost, program cost, total societal cost
