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Table 6 A logistic regression showing predictors of severe poverty

From: Decomposing multidimensional child poverty and its drivers in the Mouhoun region of Burkina Faso, West Africa

Variable

k = 3

k = 4

k = 5

k = 6

Odds Ratio

T-Stat

P-Value

Odds Ratio

T-Stat

P-Value

Odds Ratio

T-Stat

P-Value

Odds Ratio

T-Stat

P-Value

Age of Household Head (HH)

 Youthful age (21–35) years

1.00

  

1.00

  

1.00

  

1.00

  

 Middle age (36–59) years

6.374

1.61

0.106

0.8

−0.58

0.564

0.944

−0.22

0.826

1.529

1.52

0.128

 Old age (above 60 years)

0.616

−0.79

0.432

1.021

0.06

0.954

0.822

−0.86

0.392

0.925

−0.35

0.725

Child Age

 Preadolescent (5–9) years

1.00

  

1.00

  

1.00

  

1.00

  

 Adolescents (10–19) years

2.062

1.26

0.209

1.483

1.37

0.169

1.205

1.01

0.312

**0.667

−2.13

0.033

Child Gender

 Male

1.00

  

1.00

  

1.00

     

 Female

0.979

−0.04

0.966

1.379

1.24

0.217

1.262

1.38

0.168

0.835

−1.05

0.295

Communities

 Dédougou

            

 Boromo

**0.133

−2.5

0.012

0.345

0.14

− 255

0.576

−1.79

0.073

0.581

−1.61

0.106

 Kona

0.309

−1.13

0.257

0.676

0.32

−0.83

0.62

−1.58

0.115

0.746

−0.88

0.377

 Safané

0.279

−1.56

0.118

0.898

0.33

−0.29

0.671

−1.73

0.083

**0.608

−2.08

0.037

 Yé

0.298

−1.41

0.159

1.098

0.46

0.22

1.442

1.39

0.164

**2.253

3.23

0.001

Number of children/woman

 One to five

            

 Above five

1.602

0.84

0.402

1.284

0.88

0.38

**1.495

2.18

0.029

1.233

1.13

0.259

Education status of HH

 No education

0.423

−1.52

0.129

0.619

−1.34

0.181

1.021

0.08

0.934

0.769

−1

0.319

 Formal education

2.585

1.34

0.18

0.615

−1.55

0.121

0.937

−0.32

0.751

1.14

0.63

0.529

 Informal

            

Longstanding illness of HH

 Absent

            

 Present

1.796

0.82

0.412

0.8742

−0.39

0.697

1.324

1.18

0.237

**1.617

2.16

0.03

Marital status

 Monogamy

1.00

  

1.00

  

1.00

  

1.00

  

 Polygamy

**5.571

2.69

0.007

**1.964

2.29

0.022

**1.473

1.97

0.049

1.464

1.89

0.059

 Single

1

  

1

(empty)

 

1.315

0.53

0.599

1.064

0.12

0.906

Household Size

 Eight and above

1.00

  

1.00

  

1.00

  

1.00

  

 One to seven persons

2.779

1.74

0.082

**2.281

2.63

0.009

1.398

1.67

0.094

1.237

1.03

0.304

Mother’s education status

 None

1.00

  

1.00

  

1.00

  

1.00

  

 Formal education

0.49

−1.07

0.284

0.619

−1.34

0.181

**0.494

−2.69

0.007

0.829

−0.65

0.518

 Informal education

0.287

−1.79

0.074

0.615

−1.55

0.121

0.666

− 1.25

0.212

0.647

−1.19

0.236

Longstanding illness of mother

 Absent

1.00

  

1.00

  

1.00

  

1.00

  

 Present

0.72

−0.64

0.521

1.156

0.53

0.594

1.194

0.99

0.32

1.148

0.77

0.441

Income source

 Farm activities

1.00

  

1.00

  

1.00

  

1.00

  

  Non-farm activities

0.406

−1.58

0.114

**0.311

−3.96

0.000

**0.656

−2.09

0.036

0.683

−1.64

0.1

  None

3.703

1.41

0.159

1.944

1.58

0.114

**2.541

3.97

0.000

**2.472

4.09

0.000

Household debts

 HH without debts

1.00

  

1.00

  

1.00

  

1.00

  

 HH with debts

0.896

−0.21

0.837

**1.013

0.29

0.04

1.286

1.33

0.184

1.032

0.17

0.866

  1. P < 0.05, **indicate significant difference at 5%