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Published in final edited form as: Child Youth Serv Rev. 2014 Aug 1;43:131–137. doi: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2014.05.011

Table 1.

Socio-demographic characteristics of the study sample (N=1410)

Variable	Total Sample %	Boys (n=625) %	Girls (n=785) %	t-test or χ²
Age (Mean, SD)	12.7(1.26)	13.0(1.27)	12.43(1.19)	8.72^***
Below 13 yrs	44.2	32.8	53.2
13yrs and older	55.8	67.2	46.8
Gender		44.3	55.7
Orphanhood Status				8.76^**
Paternal Orphan	57.5	53.9	60.4
Maternal Orphan	21.4	21.6	21.3
Double Orphan	21.2	24.5	18.3
Family Composition
Number of people in the household (Mean, SD)	6.35(2.79)	6.36(2.83)	6.35(2.76)	.026
Number of children in the household (Mean, SD)	3.18(2.20)	3.13(2.29)	3.23(2.13)	−.837
Caregiver Type				8.58^*
Biological mother	31.2	29.8	32.4
Biological father	7.9	10.2	6.1
Grand parents	36.6	36.6	36.6
Other relatives (aunt, uncle, Siblings, in-laws)	24.3	23.4	25

^*

p<.05;

^**

p<.01;

^***

p<.001