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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: Child Youth Serv Rev. 2012 Jul;34(7):1351–1358. doi: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2012.03.015

Table 1.

Socio-Demographic Characteristics of the Sample (N=283)

Key Characteristic Percent, % [95% Confidence Interval]
Total (N=283) Double orphan (n=113) Single orphan (n=170) Design-based F
Female child/adolescent 56.89 [47.28,66.01] 53 [41.4, 64.5] 59.4 [46.8, 70.9] 0.76
Child’s/adolescent’s age in years, mean 13.71 [13.37, 14.05] 13.8 [13.5, 14.22] 13.6 [13.2, 14] 1.7
Number of people in household, mean 6.6 [6.06, 7.2] 6.58 [6.08, 7.09] 6.7 [6.01, 7.4] 0.29
Number of children in household, mean 3.4 [3.02, 3.9] 3.33 [2.78, 3.88] 3.55 [3.05, 4.05] 0.73
Orphanhood status
 Single paternal orphan (report father not living) 41.94 [36.45, 47.63]
 Single maternal orphan (report mother not living) 19 [14.52, 24.45]
 Double orphan (report both parents not living) 39.07 [33.41, 45.04]

Note: Design-based F test reported in this table refers to the Adjusted Wald F-test utilized due to the clustered nature of the sample.