Table 2.

Percentage distribution of schooling discontinuity by orphan-status and family-type

	Single-parent households	Two-parent households	All households
Males
Paternal only orphans	13.9*†	18.8*	14.3*
Maternal only orphans	18.8*	18.4*	18.6*
Double orphans	16.3	19.0*	17.2*
Non-orphans (Ref.)	15.2†	13.0	13.5
Females
Paternal only orphans	14.0†	21.2*	14.7*
Maternal only orphans	18.4*	18.1*	18.3*
Double orphans	16.4*†	20.2*	17.7*
Non-orphans (Ref.)	14.1	13.3	13.5

^*P < 0.05 compared to non-orphans within families

^†P < 0.05 for differences between single-parent and two-parent families within orphan status