Table 2.

Caregiver and family characteristics for 99 HIV-1-infected children at baseline

Characteristic	Diary arm n = 53		Control arm n = 46		p-value
	Median or No	IQR or %	Median or No	IQR or %
Age yrs	29	25, 34	33	27, 37	0.08
Sex, female	45	85	37	80	0.41
Education yrs	10	8, 12	10	8, 12	0.88
Married	31	58	27	59	0.44
Relationship to child:
Mother Parent	40 46	76 86	28 35	61 76	0.19 0.96
Lost one parent Lost both parents	13 4	25 8	14 2	30 4	0.51 0.50
Shared toilet	44	83	30	65	0.06
Disclosed to relatives	17	32	19	41	0.34
Disclosed to father	28	53	23	50	0.78
Parent used ARV beforea	1	2	10	22	0.001
Parent tested for HIVa	26	49	20	44	0.96

a Data from 19 parents in diary and 24 in control arms respectively

IQR: Interquartile range, ARV: antiretroviral