Table 30. Exclusion by parent residency, GHS 2014 Residence status
Exclusion
0–1 year
1–2 years
3–11 years
12–15 years
16–17 years
Only mother resident
713,478
132,283
81,490
269,390
119,700
110,615
16.7%
42.1%
15%
12.6%
14.1%
26%
Only father resident
Both parents resident
115,691
2,634
4,061
54,151
31,293
23,551
37.6%
35.9%
19.7%
34.9%
38.6%
54.3%
1,005,182
112,363
147,712
417,850
195,326
131,932
31%
51.1%
36.2%
25.2%
30.2%
42.2%
Table 31. Take-up by parent residence status, NIDS 2012 Age
Both/either parent resident
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
Neither parent resident
Age
Both/either parent resident
Neither parent resident
210,550
3,954
8
408,967
102,120
49.7%
47.5%
81.2%
86.2%
374,370
22,484
395,715
88,780
71.6%
73.7%
89.7%
84.6%
404,301
50,068
390,293
92,227
74.7%
79.3%
83.4%
76.8%
498,695
69,225
429,289
100,056
86.7%
81.4%
81.4%
74.3%
550,087
97,670
401,387
103,729
82.6%
85.3%
86.6%
82.4%
498,823
68,744
388,937
96,125
84.7%
81.9%
84.1%
85.8%
465,685
82,628
408,830
72,984
81.6%
77.1%
81%
71%
436,274
102,525
6,262,202
1,153,319
93.7%
82.8%
81.1%
80.4%
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10
11
12
13
14
Total
Tables 31 and 32 present take-up and exclusion by the residence status of the child’s parent.14 Overall, eligible children under 15 who do not have resident parents experience no significantly higher levels of exclusion. For both children with neither parent resident, as for those who have at least one parent resident, the percentages of those receiving the CSG are close to 20 per cent. Eligible older children and infants receive the CSG at lower rates than children with at least one resident parent. While exclusion rates by age tend to be fairly close, large differentials exist for children aged 7, 10, 11 and 14 years.
14 This analysis uses NIDS Wave 3, which allows for the identification of the child’s caregiver even if he/she is not a parent, making the application of the standard means test and assumptions possible. If both parents are not resident and the child is not receiving the CSG, the analysis cannot make a determination of eligibility. However, this identification mechanism fails for children older than 14 because the NIDS survey does not make provisions to identify alternate caregivers for these older children.
2. Exclusion from grant receipt: Identifying the children
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