Table 1.
Summary characteristics of the participants (n=173).
| Total | School type | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variables | Frequency, n (%) or Median (IQR) | Boarding, n (%) or median (IQR) | Day, n (%) or Median (IQR) | P-value |
| Median age (in years) | 16 (3) | 14 (2) | 16 (2) | <0.001 |
| Sex | ||||
| Male | 76 (43.9) | 43 (47%) | 33 (41%) | 0.43 |
| Female | 97 (56.1) | 49 (53%) | 48 (59%) | |
| Education level | ||||
| Primary | 47 (27.2) | 43 (91.5%) | 4 (8.5%) | <0.001) |
| Secondary | 115 (66.5) | 44 (38%) | 71 (62%) | |
| Tertiary level | 11 (6.3) | 5 (45%) | 6 (55%) | |
| School type | ||||
| Boarding | 92 (53.2) | |||
| Day | 81 (46.8) | |||
| Residence at household level | ||||
| Rented | 38 (22%) | 23 (25%) | 15 (18.5%) | 0.30 |
| Own | 135 (78%) | 69 (75%) | 66 (81.5%) | |
| Food security | ||||
| Yes | 139 (80.4) | 72 (78.3%) | 67 (82.7%) | 0.46 |
| No | 34 (19.6) | 20 (21.7%) | 14 (17.3% | |
| Current caregiver | ||||
| Both parents | 54 (31.2) | 32 (34.8%) | 22 (27.2%) | |
| Mother alone | 71 (41.0) | 36 (39.1%) | 35 (43.2%) | 0.82 |
| Father alone | 7 (4.1) | 4 (4.4%) | 3 (3.7%) | |
| Grandparents | 23 (13.3) | 12 (13.0%) | 11 (13.6%) | |
| Other relatives | 18 (10%) | 8 (8.7% | 10 (12.4%) | |
| HIV stigma score | 3 (2) | 3 (2) | 2 (1) | 0.02 |
| Health locus of control score: | ||||
| Internal | 30 (11) | 29 (11.5) | 31 (7) | 0.46 |
| Chance | 23 (7) | 23 (8) | 23 (7) | 0.38 |
| Powerful others | 31 (5) | 33 (3) | 30 (6) | 0.001 |
| Resilience | 131 (35) | 124 (36) | 137 (28) | 0.23 |
| Coping self-efficacy | 162 (71) | 146 (60) | 171 (66) | 0.35 |
| Empowerment | 63 (7) | 63 (7.5) | 62 (8) | 0.66 |
*
Other relatives; siblings =9), aunt=5, guardian =1, uncle=1, stepmother=1 alone = 1
IQR = Interquartile range.