The Effectiveness of Educational Support to Orphans and Vulnerable Children in Tanzania and Uganda

Table 3

Mean student absenteeism rate by student status, stratified by gender.

	Male	Female
Mean student absenteeism rate; (Uganda and Tanzania)
Non-OVC (𝑛=1809)	5.7%	5.3%
OVC never supported (𝑛=1871)	5.3%	4.9%
OVC ever supported (𝑛=895)	6.3%	5.9%
Mean student absenteeism rate (Uganda)
Non-OVC (𝑛=1142)	6.8%*	6.0%*
OVC never supported (𝑛=1198)	7.4%	6.2%
OVC ever supported (𝑛=452)	5.8%	5.5%
Mean student absenteeism rate (Tanzania)
Non-OVC (𝑛=667)	5.4%	4.7%
OVC never supported (𝑛=673)	3.8%	3.5%
OVC ever supported (𝑛=443)	7.1%	6.0%

Paired 𝑡-test compared the means of two groups of observations: male versus female students.
*Gender significantly different at 𝑃<0.05.