Table 1.

Description of caregiver and family’s characteristics.

	Number	%
Gender
Male	64	41.6
Female	90	58.4
Age
30–40 years old	58	37.7
41–50 years old	57	37.0
51 years or older	39	25.3
Education
Illiterate	51	48.1
Elementary not finished	35	33.0
Elementary school or higher	20	18.9
Marriage
Married/living as married	119	77.3
Separated/divorced/widowed	34	22.1
Never married	1	0.7
Current occupation
Full time farmer	112	72.7
Others	42	27.3
HIV serostatus
Positive	123	79.9
Negative	31	20.1
Relationship with the child
Father	56	36.4
Mother	74	48.0
Grandparent	24	15.6
Self-rated quality of life
Very poor or poor	83	53.9
Neither poor nor good	59	38.3
Good or very good	12	7.8
Self-rated health status
Very dissatisfied or dissatisfied	70	45.5
So-so	26	16.9
Satisfied or very satisfied	58	37.7
Have negative feelings
Very often or always	80	51.9
Quite often	51	33.1
Seldom or never	23	14.9
Family size
Less than four people	114	74.0
Four to six people	26	16.9
More than six people	14	9.1
Number of children in the family
One	33	21.4
Two to three	103	66.9
More than four children	18	11.7
Average income per person per year
Less than 400 Yuan	55	38.7
401–700 Yuan	42	29.6
More than 700 Yuan	45	31.7
Family HIV status
Both parents HIV	13	8.5
Only one parent HIV+, both alive	60	39.2
Both parents HIV+, both alive	57	37.3
At least one parent died	23	15.0
Family relations
Poor or very poor	135	87.7
So-so	14	9.1
Good or very good	5	3.3
Change of family relations because of HIV
No change	118	76.6
Changed for the better	14	9.1
Changed for the worse	22	14.3
Disclosure of HIV status to others
Yes	73	47.4
No	81	52.6
Disclosure of HIV status to child
Yes	124	80.5
No	30	19.5