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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Dec 22.
Published in final edited form as: Afr Dev Rev. 2009 Apr 1;21(1):180–208. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-8268.2009.00207.x

Table 2.

Time allocation summary statistics for non-patient children and adults

Treated Patients’ Household Members - Adult Men

Round 1
Round 3
Random Sample ARV households P-value Random Sample ARV households P-value


Mean Std. Error Mean Std. Error Mean Std. Error Mean Std. Error






Number of observations 585 84 574 80
Housework 3.22 0.22 2.60 0.32 0.289 2.65 0.14 1.90 0.34 0.060
Firewood 0.28 0.04 0.44 0.14 0.145 0.21 0.04 0.21 0.09 0.996
Water 1.34 0.10 1.27 0.20 0.817 1.50 0.10 1.61 0.28 0.684
Seek care 0.26 0.08 1.07 0.57 0.007 0.20 0.04 0.10 0.06 0.378
Days less work 0.03 0.01 0.06 0.04 0.394 0.25 0.17 0.19 0.12 0.895

Treated Patients’ Household Members - Adult Women

Number of observations 532 94 526 95
Housework 20.66 0.50 15.52 1.15 0.000 21.15 0.49 14.66 1.11 0.000
Firewood 2.67 0.13 2.18 0.26 0.144 2.63 0.16 2.89 0.36 0.516
Water 3.84 0.15 3.34 0.52 0.236 4.19 0.15 4.49 0.48 0.459
Seek care 0.57 0.11 1.05 0.30 0.105 0.62 0.09 0.50 0.23 0.594
Days less work 0.08 0.03 0.06 0.03 0.834 0.29 0.19 0.13 0.06 0.711

Treated Patients’ Household Members - Boys Aged 8 to 18

Number of observations 423 153 406 155
Housework 2.53 0.20 2.98 0.32 0.238 4.18 0.25 2.65 0.30 0.001
Firewood 0.62 0.08 0.95 0.15 0.037 0.58 0.06 0.57 0.12 0.987
Water 1.84 0.13 1.97 0.19 0.610 2.44 0.13 3.03 0.32 0.040
Seek care 0.07 0.03 0.34 0.14 0.004 0.11 0.04 0.18 0.10 0.480
Days less work 0.04 0.01 0.18 0.08 0.009 0.07 0.02 0.11 0.06 0.415

Treated Patients’ Household Members - Girls Aged 8 to 18

Number of observations 315 133 292 133
Housework 6.18 0.33 5.83 0.61 0.588 8.78 0.51 7.47 0.74 0.145
Firewood 1.85 0.21 1.32 0.14 0.109 1.55 0.12 1.69 0.19 0.509
Water 2.10 0.12 2.32 0.25 0.374 2.99 0.17 2.74 0.27 0.412
Seek care 0.30 0.11 0.65 0.32 0.192 0.27 0.09 0.36 0.20 0.639
Days less work 0.05 0.02 0.12 0.05 0.107 1.14 0.59 0.22 0.10 0.289