Table 1.
Child and caregiver characteristics of the POFO sample
| CHILD CHARACTERISTICS | (n = 1,473) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| (categorical) | |||
| Number | Percent | Missing | |
| Gender | 0 | ||
| Male | 772 | 52.4 | |
| Female | 701 | 47.6 | |
| Age | 0 | ||
| 6-7 years | 384 | 26.1 | |
| 8-10 years | 754 | 51.2 | |
| 11-12 years | 335 | 22.7 | |
| Relation to caregiver | 0 | ||
| Biological child | 813 | 55.2 | |
| Other relative | 635 | 43.1 | |
| Non-relative | 25 | 1.7 | |
| Health | 19 | ||
| Very good, good | 928 | 63.8 | |
| Good | 408 | 28.1 | |
| Poor, very poor | 118 | 8.1 | |
| Work/Labour status | 7 | ||
| Any Work | 890 | 60.7 | |
| No Work | 576 | 39.3 | |
| Categorized hours worked | 0 | ||
| <21 hours per week | 618 | 70.8 | |
| 21-27 hours per week | 100 | 11.5 | |
| 28 + hours per week | 155 | 17.8 | |
| UNICEF child labour* | 191 | 21.9 | |
| Education | |||
| Yes | 1361 | 94.0 | |
| No | 86 | 5.9 | |
| CAREGIVER CHARACTERISTICS | (n = 1464) | ||
| (categorical) | |||
| Number | Percent | Missing | |
| Gender | 4 | ||
| Male | 215 | 14.7 | |
| Female | 1245 | 85.3 | |
| Age | 61 | ||
| <18 years | 10 | 0.7 | |
| 18-35 years | 510 | 36.4 | |
| 36-55 years | 629 | 44.8 | |
| 56 + years | 254 | 18.1 | |
| Marital status | 5 | ||
| Married | 385 | 26.4 | |
| Widowed | 894 | 61.3 | |
| Never married & Other | 180 | 12.3 | |
| Health | 20 | ||
| Very good, good | 678 | 47.0 | |
| Fair | 479 | 33.2 | |
| Poor, very poor | 287 | 19.9 | |
| Earn an income | 10 | ||
| Yes | 1033 | 71.1 | |
| No | 421 | 29.0 | |
| (continuous) | Mean (sd) | Range | |
| Age (in years) | 42.5 (13.6) | 11 to 89 | |
| Education (in years) | 5.3 (4.3) | 0 to 18 | |
| Children cared for (number) | 2.8 (2.1) | 0 to 19 | |
* The UNICEF child labour variable includes = (work 28 or more hours per week) + (any youth <12 years of age working any number of hours for pay) + (any youth 12+ years of age or older working 14 or more hours per week for pay). The POFO dataset does not identify hazardous work, therefore potentially misses some children engaged in child labour.