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Table 4 Association between enrolment in school feeding program and absenteeism from class among school children in Boricha district, Southern Ethiopia, February 2016

From: School feeding program has resulted in improved dietary diversity, nutritional status and class attendance of school children

Simple linear regressions

Multiple linear regressiona

β coefficientb

t statistic

P value

β coefficientb

t statistic

P value

−1.297

−6.650

< 0.001

−1.068

− 4.984

< 0.001

  1. aadjusted for child age, maternal educational status, mother’s occupation, father’s occupation, size of agricultural land, food insecurity status
  2. bcoding scheme: 0 = non-beneficiaries, 1 = SFP beneficiaries