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

Table 2

Mean student absenteeism rate, stratified by country.

Mean student absenteeism rate (2006–2009)	OVC ever supported	OVC never supported	Non-OVC
Tanzania (𝑛=1783)	6.5%*	5.7%*	6.1%
Uganda (𝑛=2792)	3.6%*	6.8%*	5.1%*
Total (𝑛=4575)	5.1%*	6.4%^*+	5.5%^+
Africare UG-block grant (𝑛=721)	3.2%*	5.6%	6.1%*
ICOBI UG-block grant (𝑛=1010)	3.7%*	8.4%^*+	4.5%^+
AVSI UG-scholarship (𝑛=1059)	3.6%*	6.1%*	5.0%*
Africare TZ-block grant (𝑛=1152)	6.2%	5.8%	6.3%
CRS TZ-scholarship (𝑛=631)	7.0%	5.4%	5.7%

Paired 𝑡-test compared the means of three sets of two groups: OVC ever supported versus OVC never supported; OVC never supported versus Non-OVC; OVC ever supported versus Non-OVC. Paired significance is noted accordingly.
*Student status significantly different at 𝑃<0.05.
⁺Student status significantly different at 𝑃<0.05.