Table 2.
Odds ratios, predicted probabilities, and difference in predicted probabilities for the main effects of work outside the home, family work, and excessive household chores predicting school enrollment
| Country | Work outside the home | Family work | Household chores | ||||||
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| OR | Predict. Prob.b | Diff. prob.c. | OR | Predict. Prob.b | Diff. prob.c. | OR | Predict. Prob.b | Diff. prob.c. | |
| Bangladesh | .11*** | .36 | −.62 | .64*** | .76 | −.12 | .10*** | .34 | −.64 |
| Burundi | .22*** | .41 | −.53 | .86 | .73 | −.06 | .35*** | .52 | −.38 |
| Cameroon | 1.71*** | .90 | .14 | 1.71*** | .90 | .14 | .32*** | .64 | −.31 |
| Central African Republic | .98 | .58 | −.01 | .86* | .56 | −.07 | 1.01 | .59 | .00 |
| Côte d’Ivoire | .80 | .55 | −.11 | .61*** | .48 | −.23 | .41*** | .38 | −.40 |
| Djibouti | .96 | .76 | −.01 | .93 | .76 | −.03 | -- | -- | -- |
| Gambia | .98 | .71 | −.01 | .68*** | .63 | −.16 | 1.48 | .79 | .16 |
| Georgia | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Ghana | .76 | .78 | −.08 | .61*** | .74 | −.14 | .46*** | .68 | −.23 |
| Guinea-Bissau | 1.09 | .70 | .04 | 1.05 | .69 | .02 | 1.11 | .70 | .05 |
| Guyana | -- | -- | .79 | .96 | −.02 | -- | -- | -- | |
| Iraq | .39*** | .64 | −.28 | .45*** | .67 | −.24 | .33*** | .60 | −.33 |
| Jamaica | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Kyrgyzstan | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Laos | .42*** | .62 | −.28 | .83 | .76 | −.06 | .24*** | .48 | −.46 |
| Mauritania | .65 | .66 | −.16 | .75** | .69 | −.11 | .76 | .70 | −.10 |
| Mongolia | -- | -- | -- | .51** | .92 | −.06 | .53* | .93 | −.05 |
| Mozambique | .73 | .79 | −.09 | .93 | .82 | −.02 | 1.11 | .85 | .03 |
| Nigeria | .57*** | .51 | −.25 | 1.82*** | .77 | .27 | 1.14 | .67 | .06 |
| Sierra Leone | 1.03 | .75 | .01 | .58*** | .63 | −.20 | .44*** | .56 | −.31 |
| Somalia | .50** | .39 | −.33 | .49*** | .38 | −.34 | .79** | .50 | −.12 |
| Suriname | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Syria | .05*** | .33 | −.67 | .32*** | .76 | −.21 | -- | -- | -- |
| Tajikistan | 1.89 | .96 | .09 | -- | -- | -- | 1.22 | .94 | .03 |
| Thailand | -- | -- | -- | .46*** | .97 | −.03 | -- | -- | -- |
| Togo | 1.01 | .75 | .00 | .70*** | .67 | −.13 | .43*** | .56 | −.31 |
| Ukraine | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Uzbekistan | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Vietnam | -- | -- | -- | .61** | .91 | −.05 | .55* | .91 | −.06 |
| Yemen | .82 | .68 | −.08 | .87 | .69 | −.06 | .47*** | .55 | −.30 |
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| TOTALa | .46*** a | .61 a | −.27 a | .76*** a | .75 a | −.09 a | .48*** a | .62 a | −.26 a |
Note. OR = Odds Ratio.
-- = Statistics were not computed because there were <5 cases expected in more than one cell in the contingency table between labor and school enrollment by gender (Rosner, 1995).
p ≤ .05.
p ≤ .01.
p ≤ .001.
Excluding countries with no statistics above.
Predicted probability of being enrolled in school if engaging in child labor, controlling for child gender and age, and caregiver education.
Difference in the predicted probabilities of being enrolled in school if not engaging in child labor and if engaging in child labor, controlling for child gender and age, and caregiver education.