Research Article
The Effectiveness of Educational Support to Orphans and Vulnerable Children in Tanzania and Uganda
Table 1
Study sample characteristics.
| | Tanzania () | Uganda () |
| Mean student age (years) | | | F1/S1 student (Std Dev) | 15.8 (1.4) | 14.5 (2.0) | F2/S2 student (Std Dev ) | 16.8 (1.4) | 15.6 (1.9) | F3/S3 student (Std Dev ) | 17.6 (1.4) | 16.6 (1.9) | F4/S4 student (Std Dev ) | 18.3 (1.2) | 17.5 (1.9) | Gender | | | Male (%) | 1013 (52.5%) | 2003 (52.6%) | Female (%) | 917 (47.5%) | 1805 (47.4%) | Student status | | | OVC Ever-supported (%) | 498 (25.8%) | 777 (20.4%) | OVC Never-supported (%) | 721 (37.4%) | 1531 (40.2%) | Non-OVC (%) | 711 (36.8%) | 1500 (39.4%) | Student NGO support | | | Africare (%) | 243 (12.6%) | 256 (6.7%) | ICOBI (%) | — | 257 (6.7%) | AVSI (%) | — | 264 (6.9%) | CRS (%) | 255 (13.2%) | — | None (%) | 1432 (74.2%) | 3031 (79.6%) | Availability of student records | | | Year 1: 2006-2007 (%) | 232 (12.0%) | 662 (17.4%) | Year 2: 2007-2008 (%) | 747 (38.7%) | 1130 (29.7%) | Year 3: 2008-2009 (%) | 1464 (75.9%) | 2670 (70.12%) | Year 4: 2009-2010 (%) | 1723 (89.3%) | 2605 (68.4%) |
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