Table 5.

Logistic Regression of Current School Enrollment for Children 6–16 Living with Grandmothers in Lesotho by Grandmother Age, Education, and Headship, 2004

	(1)		(2)		(3)
	Coefficient	OR	Coefficient	OR	Coefficient	OR
Type of Grandmother
Grandmother Age
Age < 55	−0.047 (0.192)	0.95
Age 55–69 (Reference Grandmother Age 70+)	0.132 (0.152)	1.14
Grandmother Education
1–5 Years of Education			0.295† (0.160)	1.34
6+ Years of Education (Reference Grandmother with No Education)			0.489* (0.196)	1.63
Grandmother Headship
Grandmother Head of Household (Reference Grandmother Not Head)					0.222 (0.222)	1.25
Number of Cases	2,874		2,874		2,874

Note: Standard errors are adjusted for clustering at the household level. Models control for child age (yearly age dummies), child sex, household characteristics (location, wealth, size and education of head), grandfather status (present or not present), mother status (present, absent household member, absent not household member, or dead), and father status (present, absent household member, absent not household member, or dead). Model 2 excludes controls for education of household head.

^†p<.10;

^*p<.05;

^**p<.01;

^***p < .001

Source: Lesotho DHS, 2004