Table 4.

Summary of Hierarchical Regression Analysis for Variables Predicting Literacy for All Children Ages 6 to 17 (n=14,008), Those Residing With Their Mother (n=13,778) and Those Residing With Their Father (n=12,308)

Predictor	All Children (Ages 6 to 17)			Children Residing With Their Mother			Children Residing With Their Father
	β	SE	OR	β	SE	OR	β	SE	OR
Female child	0.18*	0.07	1.20*	0.21*	0.07	1.24*	0.24*	0.08	1.27*
Ages 9 to 11	3.41**	0.11	30.32**	3.46**	0.12	31.72**	3.60**	0.13	36.44**
Ages 12 to 14	5.19**	0.14	179.37**	5.29**	0.16	198.34**	5.49**	0.17	242.29**
Ages 15 to 17	5.17**	0.15	176.34**	5.27**	0.16	194.29**	5.55**	0.18	256.82**
Deceased mother	0.42	0.27	1.52	-	-	-	−0.36	0.72	0.70
Deceased father	0.14	0.19	1.14	−0.19	0.24	0.82	-	-	-
Multi-generational
household	0.15	0.12	1.16	0.09	0.12	1.09	0.12	0.13	1.13
Other households	0.15	0.12	1.17	−0.03	0.13	0.98	0.02	0.14	1.02
No co-resident parent	0.07	0.18	1.07	-	-	-	-	-	-
Only one co-resident
parent	−0.23	0.17	0.80	−0.27	0.20	0.76	−0.61	0.64	0.54
Parent is: Literate				1.83**	0.10	6.26**	1.85**	0.13	6.39**
Employed in crafts				1.13**	0.15	3.11**	1.04**	0.27	2.84**
Employed in industry				0.07	0.47	1.07	0.60	0.44	1.82
Employed in services				0.34	0.42	1.41	0.14	0.40	1.16
Employed in civil
service				1.61*	0.55	5.02*	0.83†	0.42	2.30†
Sector unknown				0.23	0.43	1.26	0.03	0.47	1.03
Parent is: User for
free				0.43	0.34	1.54	0.08	0.39	1.08
User for fee/rent				0.10	0.18	1.10	0.28	0.18	1.32
Paid laborer				0.14	0.18	1.15	−0.48	0.29	0.62
Ownership unknown				−0.05	0.42	0.95	0.24	0.40	1.27
Hh level variance (ψ)	5.12			4.44			5.00
Intra-class correlation (ρ)	0.61			0.57			0.60
Model fit (−2LL)	6,103.84			5,330.64			4,774.47

Source: Authors’ calculations.

Note: See footnote to Table 2.