Table 1.
Descriptive statistics for caregiver and child variables with parental report of discrimination toward children with HIV/AIDS.
| Child’s discrimination, as reported by the parent (N = 451) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Overall number (%) | Report of “Yes” for discrimination number (%) | p-Value – χ2 test | |
| Whole sample | 451 (100) | 146 (32.4) | |
| Caregiver gender | |||
| Female | 325 (72.1) | 114 (35.1) | 0.05 |
| Male | 126 (27.9) | 32 (25.4) | |
| Marital status | |||
| Married/with a partner | 282 (58.0) | 77 (29.0) | 0.08 |
| Single | 61 (12.6) | 19 (31.7) | |
| Separated/widowed | 143 (29.4) | 50 (40.3) | |
| Caregiver schooling in years | |||
| ≤ 3 | 247 (54.8) | 82 (33.2) | 0.28 |
| 4–6 | 108 (23.9) | 39 (36.1) | |
| ≥ 7 | 96 (21.3) | 25 (26.4) | |
| Caregiver age | |||
| ≤ 29 | 42 (9.4) | 11 (26.2) | 0.17 |
| 30–39 | 198 (44.2) | 73 (36.9) | |
| 40–49 | 151 (33.7) | 47 (31.1) | |
| ≥ 50 | 57 (12.7) | 13 (22.8) | |
| Household income (gouds/month) | |||
| 0–250 | 76 (16.9) | 20 (26.3) | 0.02 |
| 251–750 | 63 (14.0) | 14 (22.2) | |
| 751–1500 | 69 (15.4) | 18 (26.1) | |
| 1501–2000 | 45 (10.0) | 14 (31.1) | |
| > 2000 | 121 (27.0) | 46 (38.0) | |
| Don’t know | 75 (16.7) | 34 (45.3) | |
| Commune | |||
| Belladere | 55 (12.2) | 15 (27.3) | <0.001 |
| Boucan Carre | 104 (23.1) | 15 (14.4) | |
| Cange | 79 (17.5) | 36 (45.6) | |
| Hinche | 91 (20.2) | 21 (23.1) | |
| Lascohobas | 56 (12.4) | 31 (55.4) | |
| Thomonde | 40 (8.9) | 22 (55.0) | |
| Other | 26 (5.8) | 6 (23.1) | |
| Child gender | |||
| Female | 222 (49.4) | 70 (31.5) | 0.73 |
| Male | 227 (50.6) | 75 (33.0) | |
| Child age | |||
| 10–12 | 211 (47.2) | 70 (33.2) | 0.12 |
| 13–15 | 156 (34.9) | 55 (35.3) | |
| 16–17 | 80 (17.9) | 18 (22.5) | |
| Caregiver Berger Scale | |||
| High (≥ median) | 204 (49.8) | 98 (48.0) | <0.0001 |
| Low (< median) | 206 (50.2) | 35 (17.0) | |
| Child confidant | |||
| No | 102 (22.7) | 40 (39.2) | 0.09 |
| Yes | 347 (77.3) | 105 (30.3) | |
| Child number of friends | |||
| No friends | 19 (4.2) | 7 (36.8) | 0.66 |
| One or more | 428 (95.8) | 137 (32.0) | |
| Child supporta | |||
| No confidant nor friend | 18 (4.0) | 4 (22.2) | 0.14 |
| Friend or confidant | 83 (18.6) | 22 (27.9) | |
| Both confidant and friend | 364 (77.4) | 59 (18.0) | |
| Child considers himself/herself an orphan | |||
| Yes orphan | 247 (55.0) | 99 (40.1) | |
| No | 47 (10.5) | 13 (27.7) | 0.0004 |
| Not orphan, both parents alive | 155 (34.5) | 33 (21.3) | |
a
This measure combines whether the child has a confidant (yes, no) with the child’s number of friends (one or more friends, no friends).
Note: Because of missing values on independent variables not all numbers in Column 1 add up to 451.