Free Education in Rwanda: Just One Step towards Reducing Gender and Sibling Inequalities
Table 2
Binary logistic regression model of school attendance in 2000/01 and 2005/06.
Variables in the equation
2000/01 survey
2005/06 survey
Shift
B
S.E.
df
Sig.
Exp(B)
B
S.E.
df
Sig.
Exp(B)
Child of nonpoor family (Ref. Cat.)
2
0.00
2
0.01
Child of poor family
−0.44
0.13
1
0.00
0.65
−0.08
0.19
1
0.69
0.93
Child of extreme poor family
−0.75
0.11
1
0.00
0.47
−0.46
0.16
1
0.00
0.63
Father and mother present (Ref. Cat.)
3
0.00
3
0.00
Father only present
−0.71
0.18
1
0.00
0.49
−1.17
0.27
1
0.00
0.31
Mother only present
−0.11
0.11
1
0.29
0.89
−0.40
0.18
1
0.03
0.67
Neither
−0.40
0.17
1
0.02
0.67
−1.74
0.22
1
0.00
0.18
Male with old sibling (Ref. Cat.)
7
0.14
7
0.00
Female with old sibling
0.19
0.14
1
0.18
1.21
0.42
0.21
1
0.04
1.53
Male with old and young siblings
−0.02
0.14
1
0.92
0.99
−0.07
0.21
1
0.74
0.93
Female with old and young siblings
0.14
0.14
1
0.32
1.15
−0.17
0.21
1
0.42
0.84
Male with young sibling
−0.30
0.41
1
0.47
0.74
−1.71
0.57
1
0.00
0.18
Female with young sibling
−0.57
0.28
1
0.04
0.57
−2.10
0.55
1
0.00
0.12
Male without sibling
−0.24
0.25
1
0.34
0.78
0.55
0.33
1
0.09
1.74
Female without sibling
0.06
0.26
1
0.82
1.06
1.23
0.38
1
0.00
3.41
Distance less 0.5 km (Ref. Cat.)
2
0.00
2
0.08
Distance 0.5–2 km
−0.19
0.10
1
0.07
0.83
0.25
0.16
1
0.13
1.28
Distance higher than 2 km
−0.40
0.11
1
0.00
0.67
−0.19
0.17
1
0.26
0.83
8 to 10 years
2
0.00
2
0.00
11 to 12 years
−1.09
0.14
1
0.00
0.34
−0.82
0.20
1
0.00
0.44
13 to 14 years
−2.14
0.13
1
0.00
0.12
−1.86
0.18
1
0.00
0.16
Constant
4.00
0.19
1
0.00
54.75
4.71
0.26
1
0.00
111.48
Hosmer-Lemeshow , , for 2000/01 and Hosmer-Lemeshow Test , , for 2005/06. The right hand column shows whether the differences over time are significant at the 5% level.
