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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Apr 19.
Published in final edited form as: Econ Dev Cult Change. 2010 Apr;58(3):507–536. doi: 10.1086/650414

Table 6. Educational attainment of Africans aged 8 to 17. “Blended” and non -“blended” households.

Dataset Mother deceased -blend Mother deceased - non
blend
Father deceased -
blend
Father deceased - non
blend
Mother alive -
blend
Father alive- blend
PSLSD1993 0.175 (0.22) −0.533 (0.185)** −0.007 (0.196) −0.041 (0.101) 0.010 (0.151) 0.137 (0.129)
OHS1995 −0.254 (0.114)* −0.091 (0.102) −0.071 (0.074) −0.054 (0.049) −0.031 (0.1) −0.067 (0.071)
CENSUS1996 −0.224 (0.031)** −0.166 (0.024)** −0.098 (0.019)** −0.057 (0.011)** −0.016 (0.023) −0.115 (0.015)**
OHS1997 −0.294 (0.121)* −0.230 (0.093)* −0.257 (0.076)** −0.044 (0.048) −0.166 (0.095) −0.102 (0.062)
OHS1998 −0.293 (0.119)* 0.121 (0.12) −0.154 (0.083) 0.022 (0.05) 0.025 (0.095) −0.188 (0.077)*
CENSUS2001 −0.241 (0.021)** −0.234 (0.018)** −0.152 (0.015)** −0.081 (0.010)** −0.009 (0.016) −0.101 (0.013)**
GHS2002 −0.275 (0.078)** −0.235 (0.078)** −0.047 (0.063) −0.069 (0.048) −0.090 (0.075) 0.025 (0.062)
GHS2003 −0.246 (0.090)** −0.189 (0.079)* −0.243 (0.071)** −0.1 (0.048)* −0.002 (0.075) −0.047 (0.061)
GHS2004 −0.206 (0.079)** −0.138 (0.071) 0.005 (0.065) −0.141 (0.051)** 0.103 (0.074) −0.127 (0.058)*
GHS2005 −0.173 (0.076)* −0.178 (0.070)* −0.158 (0.081) −0.16 (0.050)** 0.092 (0.064) −0.201 (0.062)**
Average −0.203 −0.187 −0.118 −0.073 −0.008 −0.079
1993 to 1998 −0.243 (0.058)** −0.173 (0.049)** −0.128 (0.037)** −0.048 (0.022)* −0.040 (0.042) −0.065 (0.029)*
2002 to 2005 −0.209 (0.030)** −0.185 (0.042)** −0.100 (0.024)** −0.145 (0.025)** −0.011 (0.023) −0.067 (0.019)**
*

significant at 5%;

**

significant at 1%.

Each row presents selected coefficients and standard errors in parentheses from a single regression.

Individual level and household controls and indicators that parents vital status is missing included in all regressions.