Table III.
Households with children, fostered children and orphans, Agincourt 2003.
| All households | Households with no woman 60+ |
Households with 60+ woman |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Households with at least one child under 15 | 77.7% | 77.8% | 76.2% |
| Household with at least one fostered childa | 15.4% | 12.1% | 26.5%c |
| Household with at least one maternal orphanb | 5.5% | 4.7% | 15.9%c |
| Total n | 11,665 | 8,994 | 2,671 |
a
The mean number of fostered children in all households is 0.2; in a household with at least one foster child the mean number of fostered children is 1.4, in households with at least one foster child and a woman over 60, the mean is 1.5.
b
The mean number of maternal orphans in all households is 0.1; in a household with at least one maternal orphan, the mean is 1.6, in households with at least one maternal orphan and a woman over 60, the mean is 1.7.
c
Difference between the percentage of fostered children/orphans in households with and without a woman aged 60+ is significant at the 0.001 level.