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Published in final edited form as: Popul Res Policy Rev. 2009 Nov 5;29(6):819–842. doi: 10.1007/s11113-009-9167-0

Table 5.

Coefficient estimates from logistic regression models showing the predictors of schooling disruption among orphans in Rwanda

Models House-hold type

All Single-parent Two-parent



(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8)
Maternal only orphans 0.25 −0.16 0.40* 0.43* 0.14 0.52 −0.48* 0.63
Paternal only orphans −0.15 0.37* 0.21 −0.14 0.58 0.53 0.43 0.3
Double orphans (Ref.) (0.00) (0.00) (0.00) (0.00) (0.00) (0.00) (0.00) (0.00)
Age 0.47** 0.43*** 0.41*** 0.40*** 0.40*** 0.39*** 0.63*** 0.57***
Males −0.02 −0.02 −0.02 −0.02 −0.02 −0.02 0.01 −0.05
Relationship with household heads
  Non-relative 3.91*** 3.92*** 6.18***
  Other relationships 1.69** 1.54*** 2.64***
  Sibling 0.53** 0.69** 0.4
  Other relative 0.41** 1.54*** 0.82*
  Grand child 0.24 0.02 1.22**
  Child (Ref.) (0.00) (0.00) (0.00)
  Live in Single-parent household −0.15 0.1
  Female household Head −0.68** −0.46* −0.41* −0.50** −0.35 −0.33 3.72*** 4.13
    Maternal × Female head 0.71** 0.22 0.41 0.12 −1.34 −3.72
    Paternal × Female head −0.76*** −0.08 −0.94* −0.36 −4.63* −3.68
  Age of household head −0.01 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.01 −0.01 −0.01
  Wealth index −0.53** −0.21 −0.42** −0.58*** −0.34* −0.48** 0.29 −0.13
  No. of children below age 7 0.33*** 0.39*** 0.38*** 0.00 0.39*** 0.42*** 0.43*** 0.39**
    Maternal × child. below 7 −0.30* −0.31
    Paternal × child. below 7 −0.09 −0.33*
    Household size 0.00 −0.17*** −0.17*** 0.00 −0.16*** −0.17*** −0.20*** −0.18***
Constant −9.49*** −7.73*** −8.42*** −7.78*** −7.57*** −8.36*** 13.08*** −13.35**
N 33504 33504 33504 27162 27162 27162 6342 6342
Rho 0.90** 0.84** 0.83** 0.83*** 0.83*** 0.83* 0.95*** 0.95***
Log Likelihood −13269 −13279 −13102 −10,396 −10371 −10287 −2883 −2786
*

P < 0.05

**

P < 0.01

***

P < 0.001