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Published in final edited form as: Soc Sci Med. 2012 Feb 25;74(9):1435–1443. doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2012.01.007

Table 1.

Individual Characteristics of Study Sample

Characteristics	Overall	AIDS Orphans	Children of HIV-positive parents	t or χ²
N(%)^a	1221	755	466
Boys	50.9%	53.4%	47.0%	4.69^*
Girls	49.1%	46.6%	53.0%
Han ethnicity (%)	98.4%	98.8%	97.7%	1.99
Age (yrs) Mean (SD)^†	12.86(2.25)	13.16 (2.20)	12.36(2.24)	6.12^***
<10	8.8%	6.4%	12.7%	42.91^***
10-	34.7%	30.1%	42.3%
13-	43.2%	48.6%	34.5%
16–18	13.3%	15.0%	10.5%
Health status
Very Good	28.7%	26.8%	31.8%	3.29
Good	34.9%	35.9%	33.4%
Fair	31.7%	32.6%	30.2%
Poor	4.7%	4.7%	4.6%
Siblings Mean (SD)^†	1.61(1.42)	1.58(1.46)	1.67(1.36)	−1.01

Note:

^†

student t test. SD=standard deviation.

^*

p<0.05;

^**

p<0.01;

^***

p<0.001.