Table 3.

Child’s perceived hunger, Nairobi informal settlements, Kenya, 2007

	Never	Sometimes	Often	Always
Frequency of going to school/staying hungry in the morning (%)
By orphan status	p = 0.030
Orphan	49.3	32.7	12.3	5.8
Non-orphan	56.4	30.5	9.8	3.4
By orphan type	p = 0.260
Paternal	46.2	35.1	12.8	5.9
Maternal	60.0	27.4	9.5	3.2
Double	47.7	29.2	13.9	9.2
Frequency of staying hungry during the day (%)
By orphan status	p = 0.170
Orphan	55.2	35.4	7.7	1.7
Non-orphan	61.6	30.6	6.3	1.6
By orphan type	p = 0.550
Paternal	53.6	36.0	8.2	2.3
Maternal	61.1	30.5	8.4	0.0
Double	53.9	40.0	4.6	1.5
Frequency of sleeping hungry (%)
By orphan status	p = 0.140
Orphan	55.1	38.1	5.8	1.1
Non-orphan	61.7	32.8	4.6	0.9
By orphan type	p = 0.090
Paternal	52.1	39.3	7.5	1.0
Maternal	67.4	29.5	2.1	1.1
Double	50.8	44.6	3.1	1.5