Table 1.

Distribution of children and household characteristics by HIV care period

	Pre-HIVcare roll-out Jan 2001/April 2002)		HIVcare-Transition (Sept 2003/Oct 2004)		Expanded HIVcare (Aug2006/March 2008)
	N	%	N	%	N	%
Total	20,823	100	21,770	100	23,700	100
Gender
Female	10,633	51.1	11,145	51.2	12,211	51.5
Male	10,190	48.9	10,625	48.8	11,489	48.5
Age-group
–4	8,090	38.9	8,115	37.3	8,686	36.6
5–9	6,773	32.5	7,225	33.2	7,869	33.2
1–14	5,960	28.6	6,430	29.5	7,145	30.1
Parental HIV status
Both HIV-/One known HIV- and one Unknown	11,303	54.3	11,389	52.3	13,765	58.1
Both unknown	7,639	36.7	8,535	39.2	7,888	33.3
At least one known HIV+	1,881	9.0	1,846	8.5	2,047	8.6
Parental co-residence
Non-orphans
Both-co-resident	11,949	57.4	12,332	56.6	13,634	57.5
Both-not co-resident	2,192	10.5	2,486	11.4	3,001	12.7
Mother not co-resident	776	3.7	895	4.1	1,009	4.3
Father not co-resident	2,323	11.2	2,567	11.8	3,071	13.0
Orphans
Paternal but mother not co-resident	692	3.3	635	2.9	567	2.4
Maternal but father not co-resident	405	1.9	424	1.9	396	1.7
Paternal, with co-resident mother	1,214	5.8	1,184	5.4	1,046	4.4
Maternal, with co-resident father	351	1.7	321	1.5	280	1.2
Double orphans	921	4.4	926	4.3	696	2.9
Household’s SES**Dwelling structure Ranking
High	6,636	31.9	7,714	35.4	9,802	41.4
Middle	5,622	27.0	6,428	29.5	7,366	31.1
Low	8,556	41.1	7,622	35.0	6,511	27.5
Toilet/latrine
None	928	4.5	463	2.1	701	3.0
Yes	19,895	95.5	21,306	97.9	22,971	97.0
Source of water
Lake/river	559	2.7	2,038	9.4	1,819	7.7
Tap/protected	20,264	97.3	19,732	90.6	21,874	92.3