Table 1.
Characteristics of the sample of fathers of children with SCD.
| Father | Age | Occupation | Religion | Relation to mother | Total children | SCDchildren | SCDchildren died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| F1 | 34 | Clerical officer | Christian (Methodist) | Married | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| F2 | 42 | Low-income farmer | Christian (Pentecostal) | Married | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| F3 | 29 | Bar-tender/ student | Christian (Presbyterian) | Unmarried | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| F4 | 50 | Low-income minister | Christian (Apostolic) | Married | 5 | 2 | 0 |
| F5 | 52 | Teacher | Christian (Catholic) | Married | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| F6 | 48 | Low-income farmer | Christian (Pentecostal) | Married | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| F7 | 54 | Middle-income civil servant | Christian (Methodist) | Married | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| F8 | 41 | Middle-income trader | Christian (Catholic) | Married | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| F9 | 49 | Timber merchant | Christian (Pentecostal) | Married | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| F10 | 43 | Carpenter | Christian (Adventist) | Married | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| F11 | 37 | Sales assistant, shoe shop | Moslem | Married | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| F12 | 49 | Cab Driver | Christian (Pentecostal) | Married(x2)Cohabited(xl) | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| F13 | 43 | Vegetable farmer | Christian (Presbyterian) | Married | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| F14 | 50 | Cocoa farmer | Christian (Methodist) | Married(x2) | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| F15 | 44 | Self-employed brick maker | Christian (Deeper Life) | Married | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| F16 | 37 | Banker | Christian | Unmarried | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| (Catholic) | Married | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| F17 | 56 | Teacher | Christian (Catholic) | Married | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| F18 | 36 | Senior clerk, public company | Christian (Presbyterian) | Mother died | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Married | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| F19 | 44 | Minister | Christian (Presbyterian) | Married | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| F20 | 41 | Senior farm stockman | Christian | Married | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| (Catholic) | Married | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| F21 | 65 | Photographer | Christian (Catholic) | Married | 5 | 3 | 2 |
| F22 | 70 | Building contractor | Christian (Catholic) | Married (×4) | 16 | 3 | 2 |
| F23 | 49 | Driver | Christian | Married | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| (Methodist) | Married | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| F24 | 35 | Mason | Christian (Catholic) | Married | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| F25 | 38 | Food-crop farmer | Christian (Pentecostal) | Married | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| F26 | 28 | Primary teacher | Christian (Catholic) | Unmarried | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| F27 | 31 | Petty trader | Christian | Married | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| F28 | 41 | Accountant at bank | Christian | Married | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| (Adventist) | Married | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||
| F29 | 40 | Laboratory technician | Christian (Presbyterian) | Married | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| F30 | 48 | Teacher | Christian (Methodist) | Married | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| F31 | 40 | Cash-crop farmer | Christian | Married | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Married | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Note: We do not have complete information to assign particular numbers of children to particular relationships for F12, F14 and F22.