Table 2.

Characteristics of AIDS-affected households by the age of female-head.

	Households headed by women <60	Households headed by women 60+
Mean age of head	46.9 (34–59)	72.8 (63–87)
Mean household size	8 (3–13)	4.8 (1–11)
Mean number children in household	4.1 (2–5)	1.9 (0–4)
Total number of households	7	9