Table 1.
Caregiving-type-stratified characteristics of persons caring for orphans and abandoned children who comprise the POFO cohort
| Mean (SD) or n (%) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Characteristic | Community caregivers | Institution caregivers | Missing |
| N | 1480 | 192 | |
| Age, years (range: 11-89) | 41.7 (13.5) | 35.3 (11.1) | 246 |
| Female gender | 1147 (84.6%) | 146 (77.3%) | 158 |
| Years of education | 240 | ||
| 0 | 323 (24.8%) | 3 (1.6%) | |
| 1-6 | 374 (28.7%) | 20 (10.8%) | |
| 7-12 | 552 (42.4%) | 101 (54.6%) | |
| 13 or more | 53 (4.1%) | 61 (33.0%) | |
| Marital status | 20 | ||
| Never married | 85 (5.8%) | 80 (42.8%) | |
| Currently married | 388 (26.4%) | 63 (33.7%) | |
| Widowed | 898 (61.1%) | 28 (15.0%) | |
| Other | 99 (6.7%) | 16 (8.6%) | |
| Number of years as caregiver | N/A | 4.4 (7.0) | 12 |
| Any earned income* | 1039 (71.0%) | 53 (30.5%) | 40 |
| Caregiver health status | 45 | ||
| Very good | 126 (8.7%) | 55 (31.1%) | |
| Good | 552 (37.9%) | 77 (43.5%) | |
| Fair | 486 (33.4%) | 38 (21.5%) | |
| Poor | 258 (17.7%) | 7 (4.0%) | |
| Very poor | 35 (2.4%) | 0 (0.0%) | |
| Would care for relative with HIV | 80 | ||
| Yes | 934 (65.5%) | 142 (83.5%) | |
| No | 369 (25.9%) | 21 (12.4%) | |
| Don't know | 123 (8.6%) | 7 (4.1%) | |
| Would allow child to play with HIV+ child | 76 | ||
| Yes | 921 (64.4%) | 137 (81.1%) | |
| No | 408 (25.5%) | 26 (15.4%) | |
| Don't know | 101 (7.1%) | 6 (3.6) | |
* For institutional caregivers: Any earned income outside institution