Table 2.
Mean values of children’s, mothers’, and household characteristics by children’s enrollment status, rural southern Mozambique 2009
| Enrolled | Not enrolled | |
|---|---|---|
| Child’s characteristics | ||
| Age | 9.29 | 8.74 |
| Age squared | 92.18 | 84.60 |
| Gender | ||
| Female | 0.49 | 0.51 |
| Male | 0.51 | 0.49 |
| Mother’s characteristics | ||
| Age | ||
| 25 or less | 0.07 | 0.08 |
| 26 to 30 | 0.28 | 0.19 |
| 31 or more | 0.65 | 0.73 |
| Education | ||
| No education | 0.28 | 0.44 |
| 1 to 4 years | 0.46 | 0.46 |
| 5 years or more | 0.26 | 0.10 |
| Works outside subsistence agriculture | 0.28 | 0.30 |
| Marriage’s characteristics | ||
| Husband-wife age gap | ||
| Less than 5 years | 0.29 | 0.24 |
| 5 to 9 years | 0.26 | 0.17 |
| 10 to 14 years | 0.09 | 0.09 |
| 15 years or more | 0.21 | 0.29 |
| Doesn’t know husband’s age | 0.15 | 0.22 |
| Husband-wife educational gap | ||
| 3 years or less | 0.65 | 0.47 |
| 4 years or more | 0.26 | 0.38 |
| Doesn’t know husband’s education | 0.09 | 0.15 |
| Bridewealth has been paid | 0.58 | 0.52 |
| Husband is a migrant | 0.42 | 0.48 |
| Siblings | ||
| Has younger female sibling(s) | 0.31 | 0.22 |
| Has younger male sibling(s) | 0.29 | 0.24 |
| Has older female sibling(s) | 0.31 | 0.37 |
| Has older male sibling(s) | 0.30 | 0.39 |
| Sibling(s) aged less than 5 years | 0.46 | 0.50 |
| Household characteristics | ||
| Household material status index (1–4) | 2.02 | 1.77 |
| Size of agricultural land (in hectares) | 1.79 | 1.60 |
| Village characteristics | ||
| Distance to nearest town (in kilometers) | 29.15 | 35.98 |
| Primary school in the village | 0.47 | 0.35 |
| Clinic in the village | 0.58 | 0.64 |
| N | 1797 | 229 |
Source: Childbearing Dynamics in a Setting of High HIV Prevalence and Massive ART Rollout Survey, 2009.