Table 2. Study Population.
| Study # | N | Male n (%) | Female n (%) | Age (range) | Single Orphans | Double Orphans n (%) | Orphans n (%) | Non-Orphans n (%) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maternal n (%) | Paternal n (%) | Total n (%) | ||||||||
| 1 | 846† | 0 (0%) | 846 (100%) | 15 - 19 | 78 (9%) | 222 (26%) | 300 (35%) | 127 (15%) | 427 (49%) | 419 (49%) |
| 2** | 1,024 | 514 (49%) | 536 (51%) | 10 - 19 | 204 (20%) | 397 (39%) | 601 (59%) | 144 (14%) | 745 (73%) | 279 (27%) |
| 3* | 1,235 | 579 (47%) | 656 (53%) | 6 - 14 | 95 (8%) | 307 (25%) | 402 (33%) | 65 (5%) | 467 (38%) | 768 (62%) |
| 4 | 340 | 139 (41%) | 201 (59%) | 16 - 19 | NR | NR | 109 (32%) | 144 (42%) | 253 (74%) | 87 (26%) |
| 5** | 196 | 0 (0%) | 196 (100%) | 16 - 19 | 13 (7%) | 57 (29%) | 70 (36%) | 39 (20%) | 109 (56%) | 87 (44%) |
| 6 | 34 | NR | NR | 10 - 13 | NR | NR | NR | NR | 21 (62%) | 13 (38%) |
| 7 | 4,660 | 2,398 (51%) | 2,262 (49%) | 12 - 17 | 281 (6%) | 1,123 (24%) | 1,404 (30%) | 548 (12%) | 1,952 (42%) | 2,708 (58%) |
| 8 | 527 | NR | NR | 12 - 18 | 109 (21%) | 150 (28%) | 259 (49%) | 185 (35%) | 444 (84%) | 83 (16%) |
| 9 | 6,780 | 3,514 (52%) | 3,266 (48%) | 12 - 21 | 378 (6%) | 1,352 (20%) | 1,730 (26%) | 645 (10%) | 2,375 (35%) | 4,405 (65%) |
| 10 | 1,694 | 793 (47%) | 901 (53%) | 14 - 18 | 115 (7%) | 365 (22%) | 480 (28%) | 42 (2%) | 522 (31%) | 1,172 (69%) |
| TOTAL | 17,336 | 7,937 (46%) | 8,864 (51%) | 6-21 | 1,273 (7%) | 3,973 (23%) | 5,355 (31%) | 1,939 (11%) | 7,315 (42%) | 10,021 (58%) |
†
2% of the study population did not know the vital status of one parent N=863
*
= Data extracted from a more detailed report, “African Population and Health Research Centre (APHRC) and The World Bank (WB). 2007. The Plight of Orphans and Vulnerable Children in Nairobi Urban slums in the Face of HIV/AIDS: APHRC and The World Bank.”
**
all values are from study dataset received from the author
NR = Not reported