Table 3. Factors associated with being admitted for maltreatment versus destitution or no caregiver: unadjusted and adjusted odds ratio, (95% confidence interval).

Covariates	Odds of admission for maltreatmenta (referent admission for destitution or no caregiver)
	Unadjusted OR	Adjusted ORj,k
Female sex (male referent)	0.81c (0.55-1.21)	0.86 (0.55-1.35)
Age ≥6 years (age < 6 referent)	0.36d** (0.24-0.54)	0.83 (0.51-1.37)
Previous Primary Caregiverb (parent referent)	0.13e** (0.07-0.25)	0.36* (0.15-0.86)
Single-parent guardian (non single-parent referent)	1.66f** (1.08-2.55)	1.36 (0.86-2.14)
Separated from sibling (not separated referent)	1.11g (0.72-1.72)	1.62* (1.01-2.60)
Orphan status (non-orphan referent)	0.07h** (0.03-0.14)	0.17** (0.06-0.44)

^aChild placed for abandonment, neglect or abuse (does not include child labor) rather than destitution or no caregiver

^bThis refers to whether a child lived with their parent or another caregiver prior to placement. The referent is living with a parent.

^cBased on residents with known reason for placement and known sex, n=442

^dBased on residents with known reason for placement and known age, n=442

^eBased on residents with known reason for placement and known previous primary caregiver, n=403

^fBased on residents with known reason for placement and known single-parent status, n=394

^gBased on residents with known reason for placement and known whether separated from sibling, n=372

^hBased on residents with known reason for placement and known orphan status, n=408

ⁱBased on residents with known reason for placement, sex, age, previous primary caregiver, single-parent status, whether separated from sibling, and orphan status, n = 367

^jAdjustments made for previous primary caregiver (parent versus non-parent), separation from sibling, and orphan status (non-orphan versus orphan) based on the best explanatory model

^*0<p<0.05

^**p =0.00