Research Article
The Effectiveness of Educational Support to Orphans and Vulnerable Children in Tanzania and Uganda
Table 4
Drop out rate by student status and by gender, 2006–2010.
| | Proportion (%) | Odds ratio (95% CI) |
| Country | | | Tanzania | | | Non-OVC (ref.) | 4/710 (0.6%) | 1.00 | OVC never supported | 7/720 (1.0%) | 1.73 (0.51–5.95) | OVC ever supported | 12/496 (2.4%) | 4.38 (1.40–13.65)* | Uganda | | | Non-OVC (ref.) | 126/1474 (8.6%) | 1.00 | OVC never supported | 222/1511 (14.7%) | 3.20 (2.57–3.98)* | OVC ever supported | 85/768 (11.1%) | 1.33 (1.00–1.78) | Total | | | Non-OVC (ref.) | 130/2184 (6.0%) | 1.00 | OVC never supported | 229/2231 (10.3%) | 1.81 (1.44–2.26)* | OVC ever supported | 97/1264 (7.7%) | 1.31 (1.00–1.72) |
| Gender | | | Male | | | Non-OVC (ref.) | 71/1194 (6.0%) | 1.00 | OVC never supported | 116/1174 (9.9%) | 1.73 (1.28–2.36)* | OVC ever supported | 44/615 (7.2%) | 1.22 (0.83–1.80) | Female | | | Non-OVC (ref.) | 59/990 (6.0%) | 1.00 | OVC never supported | 113/1057 (10.7%) | 1.89 (1.36–2.62)* | OVC ever supported | 53/649 (8.2%) | 1.40 (0.95–2.06) |
| NGO support | | | Africare UG-block grant | | | Non-OVC (ref.) | 48/491 (9.8%) | 1.00 | OVC never supported | 88/493 (17.9%) | 2.01 (1.38–2.92)* | OVC ever supported | 39/247 (15.8%) | 1.73 (1.10–2.72)* | ICOBI UG-block grant | | | Non-OVC (ref.) | 43/475 (9.1%) | 1.00 | OVC never supported | 98/517 (19.0%) | 2.35 (1.60–3.45)* | OVC ever supported | 31/255 (12.2%) | 1.39 (0.85–2.27) | AVSI UG-scholarship | | | Non-OVC (ref.) | 35/508 (6.9%) | 1.00 | OVC never supported | 36/501 (7.2%) | 1.05 (0.65–1.70) | OVC ever supported | 14/264 (5.3%) | 0.76 (0.40–1.43) | Africare TZ-block grant | | | Non-OVC (ref.) | 3/466 (0.6%) | 1.00 | OVC never supported | 4/469 (0.9%) | 1.33 (0.30–5.96) | OVC ever supported | 7/242 (2.9%) | 4.60 (1.18–17.94)* | CRS TZ-scholarship | | | Non-OVC (ref.) | 1/244 (0.4%) | 1.00 | OVC never supported | 3/250 (1.2%) | 2.95 (0.30–28.57) | OVC ever supported | 5/524 (2.0%) | 2.34 (0.27–20.15) |
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