TABLE 4.
Percent reporting frequent school absence and reason for absence by condition and year.
| 2008 (Wave 2) | 2009 (Wave 3) | 2010 (Wave 4) | 2012 (Wave 5) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variable | Intervention | Controla | Intervention | Controla | Intervention | Controla | Intervention | Controla |
| Number frequently absentb / number reporting currently attending school (%) |
12/166 (7.2%) |
23/129 (17.8%) |
10/165 (6.1%) |
33/105 (31.4%) |
8/158 (5.1%) |
25/94 (26.6%) |
8/142 (5.6%) |
11/86 (12.8%) |
| Rao-Scott chi-square for group | 5.19* | 1.52** | 22.47** | 4.73* | ||||
| difference in frequent absencec | ||||||||
| Reason for absenced
(n used for analysis) |
(n=12) | (n=23) | (n=10) | (n=33) | (n=8) | (n=25) | (n=8) | (n=10e) |
| Cannot pay school fee | 0.0 | 39.1 | 0.0 | 60.6 | 0.0 | 80.0 | 0.0 | 40.0 |
| Do not have school clothes | 0.0 | 4.4 | 0.0 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Do not have school supplies | 8.3 | 13.0 | 0.0 | 15.2 | 0.0 | 4.0 | 37.5 | 20.0 |
| Caring for children | 33.3 | 4.4 | 40.0 | 0.0 | 25.0 | 4.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Illness | 58.3 | 30.4 | 40.0 | 18.2 | 37.5 | 4.0 | 62.5 | 40.0 |
| School too far away | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Other reason | 0.0 | 8.7 | 20.0 | 3.0 | 37.5 | 4.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Total | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
a
No treatment control during 2007-2010 and delayed partial intervention during 2011-2012.
b
At waves 2 through 4, responses of “2 or 3 days a month” or more often in past year (versus once a month or less) were coded as “frequent absence.” At Wave 5, frequent absence refers to “2 or 3 days a month” or more often in past term.
c
Modified Rao-Scott chi-square computing design correction using null hypothesis cell proportions together with the cell design effects.
d
Limited to participants reporting frequent absence in the survey wave.
e
N is 10 instead of the 11 respondents with frequent absence listed above due to missing data.
*
p<.05,
**
p<.001