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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: Glob Soc Welf. 2015 May 8;2(2):87–103. doi: 10.1007/s40609-015-0029-x

Table 2.

School Enrollment by Demographic Characteristics, 15-19 year olds, Rakai, Uganda, 1994-2013

Row Total (person rounds) Total (across all rounds) R01 R02 R03 R04 R06 R07 R08 R09 R10 R11 R12 R13 R14 p-value* for trend (age adjusted)
Adolescent Women
% enrolled by age
15 1,748 75.4 55.2 50.0 59.6 73.0 61.2 66.4 72.7 71.2 82.3 84.7 86.8 85.3 88.3 89.4 <0.001
16 1,974 59.2 34.4 40.5 42.2 41.7 44.5 48.6 51.2 59.7 61.9 66.7 68.1 79.6 79.8 77.7 <0.001
17 2,060 43.2 23.6 23.6 32.5 28.2 25.0 33.0 31.7 43.0 44.6 51.8 52.5 61.4 63.7 62.6 <0.001
18 2,445 27.3 14.3 20.5 11.1 11.3 19.6 22.2 18.4 20.6 29.9 33.1 35.5 37.8 47.4 38.4 <0.001
19 2,392 15.6 4.6 13.5 22.8 8.3 6.4 10.0 15.4 10.4 15.8 21.6 23.0 28.1 22.8 19.9 <0.001
% enrolled by household SES
High 4,426 48.6 35.7 38.5 42.6 44.1 35.4 39.6 38.3 39.8 43.8 47.2 56.6 62.3 64.5 55.2 <0.001
Median 3,115 41.9 30.9 31.7 38.5 34.3 28.5 29.3 29.3 27.7 38.0 51.3 49.5 57.8 55.6 58.3 <0.001
Low 3,057 31.0 17.0 23.0 29.7 31.6 20.9 24.7 26.0 32.0 38.8 46.1 45.7 49.3 47.8 59.8 <0.001
% enrolled by orphanhood status
Not orphan 5,557 47.0 22.7 33.5 39.1 34.2 31.7 33.7 32.2 38.2 45.0 56.0 57.6 65.0 64.7 64.9 <0.001
Both parents died 1,742 34.2 23.5 23.2 28.1 41.5 25.4 30.3 31.7 28.8 36.0 42.9 41.8 45.9 44.6 35.9 <0.001
Mother died 974 32.9 21.6 27.5 28.2 45.0 21.6 25.8 37.1 25.4 37.5 29.5 45.1 42.4 47.9 38.9 <0.001
Father died 2,171 37.9 29.1 26.7 38.8 30.0 26.3 29.3 28.9 32.0 36.6 41.9 49.1 54.8 54.4 49.5 <0.001
% enrolled by residence
rural village 7,647 42.0 26.6 29.0 36.7 35.4 28.1 31.5 32.3 36.4 38.5 50.9 51.8 56.3 57.9 58.5 <0.001
trading village 2,972 40.5 22.4 31.6 35.1 37.5 28.6 31.0 30.7 26.8 45.0 40.1 53.7 65.7 63.2 52.3 <0.001
% enrolled by marital status
Ever 2,841 0.2 NA NA NA NA 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.6 0.0 0.4 0.359
Never 5,984 64.7 NA NA NA NA 48.3 53.0 52.6 55.6 63.9 67.5 70.2 74.6 76.4 75.0 <0.001
% enrolled by number of household members
1-3 members 3,840 9.4 3.0 4.6 10.8 5.6 6.6 6.7 7.9 8.0 7.5 11.5 11.5 15.9 18.6 15.2 <0.001
4-6 members 2,924 52.3 23.9 34.3 34.9 54.6 34.2 48.4 38.1 39.2 48.4 60.9 64.0 68.0 72.3 69.2 <0.001
7+members 3,855 65.5 43.8 54.4 62.4 55.4 56.0 55.8 57.0 60.0 73.5 72.3 75.4 77.9 77.4 76.1 <0.001
% enrolled by Sibship Size
1-59% (1st quartile) 3,101 23.7 13.6 14.2 15.2 12.5 16.6 16.3 18.8 16.9 18.2 31.8 32.7 36.4 35.9 36.2 <0.001
60-70% (2nd quartile) 2,691 44.5 20.4 33.0 44.1 32.0 31.9 34.1 31.4 29.3 39.2 49.0 55.8 58.8 64.9 61.8 <0.001
71-79% (3rd quartile) 2,358 59.1 38.4 40.3 51.3 59.0 47.4 48.2 47.2 47.8 61.6 62.8 67.4 74.4 75.9 72.5 <0.001
80-100% (4th quartile) 2,469 44.1 31.0 35.1 46.5 46.0 25.4 36.6 35.0 41.1 45.7 53.0 59.8 63.6 62.5 61.5 <0.001
Adolescent Men
% enrolled by age
15 1,464 80.2 59.3 58.7 66.7 80.0 78.2 74.7 72.9 83.1 73.4 87.6 90.9 87.2 89.5 87.3 <0.001
16 1,840 68.9 47.5 48.4 53.2 57.1 59.9 69.2 67.4 67.4 65.0 77.1 76.9 72.2 82.1 78.7 <0.001
17 1,739 56.0 27.4 40.7 31.9 48.4 51.5 44.1 54.0 63.9 58.4 57.3 56.4 64.3 70.2 68.2 <0.001
18 1,994 39.2 13.3 27.2 19.4 25.7 26.4 34.5 37.1 43.8 48.9 39.3 38.5 49.7 56.4 55.6 <0.001
19 1,768 32.6 20.8 29.3 25.9 20.8 24.1 20.2 26.3 31.0 27.3 41.0 42.7 35.6 41.8 44.7 <0.001
% enrolled by household SES
High 3,483 65.0 39.6 62.7 54.0 43.8 59.1 57.7 60.1 65.3 65.9 64.1 69.0 68.8 73.9 69.4 <0.001
Median 2,598 53.9 36.1 44.0 38.8 46.7 42.4 45.5 51.0 52.4 43.4 59.0 59.7 62.1 66.3 63.6 <0.001
Low 2,710 40.7 31.4 27.0 32.6 54.4 34.8 38.5 34.2 41.7 41.7 51.0 47.3 50.7 54.3 62.1 <0.001
% enrolled by orphanhood status
Not orphan 4,674 60.5 37.2 43.3 41.5 57.1 52.1 53.4 52.1 62.7 56.5 66.7 63.4 68.2 71.9 70.3 <0.001
Both parents died 1,417 39.0 24.8 27.5 44.2 41.9 32.6 34.9 42.1 38.0 41.2 40.4 43.7 39.8 48.9 47.8 <0.001
Mother died 735 48.8 31.0 52.0 30.3 56.0 31.9 39.7 43.3 53.5 50.9 58.7 59.7 54.2 56.7 64.9 <0.001
Father died 1,827 53.3 33.3 33.3 44.6 43.6 42.6 44.8 46.1 49.3 51.3 56.7 69.1 64.9 71.3 64.8 <0.001
% enrolled by residence
rural village 6,453 53.9 37.0 40.0 41.3 51.0 43.2 47.0 48.9 52.6 48.4 58.0 58.7 61.4 66.1 66.4 <0.001
trading village 2,352 55.1 29.6 37.5 37.7 42.9 47.6 43.9 45.5 53.6 58.8 61.6 69.2 67.5 75.2 67.9 <0.001
% enrolled by marital status
Ever 162 1.9 NA NA NA NA 3.9 0.0 4.2 0.0 10.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.198
Never 7,222 58.5 NA NA NA NA 46.0 48.0 49.4 53.9 52.3 60.5 62.5 63.9 69.0 67.6 <0.001
% enrolled by number of household members
1-3 members 1,810 26.1 13.9 24.6 22.2 14.3 20.9 19.1 24.6 27.3 27.5 29.7 28.1 35.9 41.4 35.7 <0.001
4-6 members 2,893 56.1 39.9 28.6 37.8 53.7 48.5 48.8 48.5 53.2 52.8 61.2 62.1 62.4 67.5 70.9 <0.001
7+members 4,102 65.3 41.5 53.2 52.7 63.0 58.9 61.4 62.9 66.1 62.6 69.4 71.3 71.0 75.5 73.2 <0.001
% enrolled by Sibship Size
1-59% (1st quartile) 1,594 50.8 34.1 40.4 29.1 25.0 37.3 45.4 46.8 43.6 51.1 60.4 56.8 61.7 59.9 64.1 <0.001
60-70% (2nd quartile) 2,169 58.2 32.0 42.7 46.2 63.8 51.1 53.3 55.7 57.6 57.4 65.4 58.9 57.6 70.8 71.0 <0.001
71-79% (3rd quartile) 2,371 64.5 41.4 49.2 52.5 59.6 58.4 57.4 56.8 61.5 55.9 67.8 70.8 71.9 76.6 73.3 <0.001
80-100% (4th quartile) 2,671 43.9 32.4 30.6 34.0 38.3 35.3 32.3 36.8 47.3 44.4 45.8 54.9 59.4 60.4 55.2 <0.001
*

Using logistic regression with robust estimation, analyses adjusted for single year of age

** cutpoints based on quartiles of population of children and adolescents, including married and unmarried adolescents

Sibship size defined as children and adolescents (<20 years) as a percentage of all hosuehold members

Note: Sample includes adolescents 15-19 years from 28 Rakai communities followed continuously from 1994-2013, Rakai District, Uganda

NA= data not available

SES= Household