The government of Kenya cash transfer for orphaned and vulnerable children: cross-sectional comparison of household and individual characteristics of those with and without

Table 6 Logistic regression analysis (unadjusted and adjusted odds ratios, OR’s, and 95% confidence intervals, CI) comparing individual characteristics of children living in cash transfer households to non-cash transfer households on key outcomes

	Currently in school (yes vs. no)	Number of days of school missed (any vs. none)	Adequate diet (vs. inadequate)	Weight for Height	Height for Age	Weight for Age	BMI-for-age (moderately or severely low vs. mild/normal/high)	Future outlook (limitless/many vs. limited/none)	Future Outlook - IPW
					(moderately or severely low vs. mild/normal/high)	(moderately or severely low vs. mild/normal/high)			Future Outlook - IPW
					(moderately or severely low vs. mild/normal/high)	(moderately or severely low vs. mild/normal/high)			(Inverse Probability Weighting)
				(moderately or severely low vs. mild/normal/high)
Unadjusted OR (95% CI)	0.81 (0.45-1.46)	0.81 (0.45-1.46)	0.81 (0.45-1.46)	0.81 (0.45-1.46)	0.71 (0.52-0.97)	0.71 (0.52-0.97)	0.71 (0.52-0.97)	0.71 (0.52-0.97)	0.71 (0.52-0.97)
Orphans only	0.94 (0.50-1.80)	0.94 (0.50-1.80)	0.94 (0.50-1.80)	0.94 (0.50-1.80)	0.65 (0.47-0.89)	0.65 (0.47-0.89)	0.65 (0.47-0.89)	0.65 (0.47-0.89)	0.65 (0.47-0.89)
Adjusted* OR
(95% CI)
All participants	0.91 (0.49-1.69)	0.91 (0.49-1.69)	0.91 (0.49-1.69)	0.91 (0.49-1.69)	0.70 (0.52-0.96)	0.70 (0.52-0.96)	0.70 (0.52-0.96)	0.70 (0.52-0.96)	0.70 (0.52-0.96)
(orphans & non-orphans)	0.91 (0.49-1.69)	0.91 (0.49-1.69)	0.91 (0.49-1.69)	0.91 (0.49-1.69)	0.70 (0.52-0.96)	0.70 (0.52-0.96)	0.70 (0.52-0.96)	0.70 (0.52-0.96)	0.70 (0.52-0.96)
Adjusted* OR (95% CI)

*Adjusted for age and sex of the child and type of location (Peri-urban vs. Rural) plus intra-household clustering effect.