. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Jul 1.

Published in final edited form as: Glob Soc Welf. 2015 Apr 7;2(2):75–86. doi: 10.1007/s40609-015-0027-z

Table 1.

Sociodemographic characteristics of the sample (n = 1410)

Variable	Total sample (n = 1410)%	Boys (n = 621) %	Girls (n = 789) %	t test or χ²
Gender		44	56
Age (Mean, SD)	12.7 (1.23)	12.9(1.22)	12.4(1.18)	8.77^***
Orphanhood status				6.38^**
Double orphan	21.1	24.2	18.6
Single orphan	78.9	75.8	81.4
Primary caregiver				0.63
Biological parent	39.1	40.1	38.4
Grandparents	36.6	36.6	36.6
Other relative (uncle, aunt, siblings, in-laws)	24.3	23.3	25.0
Household composition
Number of people in the household (Mean, SD)	6.35(2.79)	6.38(2.84)	6.34(2.75)	.284
Number of children in the household (Mean, SD)	3.18(2.20)	3.15(2.30)	3.21(2.12)	–.527

*p≤.05

^**

p≤.01

^***

p≤.001