Table 1.
Demographic characteristics of orphaned adolescents in intervention and control groups at baseline.
| Baseline characteristic | Total | Study group
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Intervention | Control | p-Value | ||
| Sample size (n) | 346 | 179 | 167 | – |
| Proportion of sample size enrollment (%) | 100.0 | 51.7 | 48.2 | – |
| Gender | ||||
| Female | 225 (65.0%) | 117 (65.4%) | 108 (64.7%) | .89 |
| Male | 121 (35.0%) | 62 (34.6%) | 59 (35.3%) | |
| Mean age in years (±SD) | 13.4 (± 1.24) | 13.4 (± 1.25) | 13.4 (± 1.23) | .95 |
| Orphan status | ||||
| Maternal orphan | 60 (17.3%) | 34 (19.0%) | 26 (15.6%) | .02 |
| Paternal orphan | 181 (52.3%) | 103 (57.5%) | 78 (46.7%) | |
| Dual orphan | 105 (30.4%) | 42 (23.5%) | 63 (37.7%) | |
| Mean number of years living caregiver/guardian (±SD) | 9.5 (±4.7) | 9.4 (±4.8) | 9.6 (±4.6) | .67 |
| Mean caregiver/guardian household sizea (±SD) | 6.5 (±2.3) | 6.6 (±2.4) | 6.3 (±2.1) | .33 |
| Mean number children living in householda (±SD) | 4.3 (±1.9) | 4.4 (±2.1) | 4.3 (±1.8) | .61 |
| School assignment | ||||
| School 1 | 17 (4.9%) | 17 (9.5%) | 0 | |
| School 2 | 48 (13.9%) | 48 (26.8%) | 0 | |
| School 3 | 44 (12.7%) | 44 (24.6%) | 0 | |
| School 4 | 19 (5.5%) | 19 (10.6%) | 0 | |
| School 5 | 51 (14.7%) | 51 (28.5%) | 0 | |
| School 6 | 43 (12.4%) | 0 | 43 (25.8%) | |
| School 7 | 32 (9.3%) | 0 | 32 (19.2%) | |
| School 8 | 20 (5.8%) | 0 | 20 (12.0%) | |
| School 9 | 48 (13.9%) | 0 | 48 (28.7%) | |
| School 10 | 24 (6.9%) | 0 | 24 (14.4%) | .00 |
| Any prior cash savings available | 66 (19.1%) | 36 (20.1%) | 30 (18.0%) | .26 |
| Pre-intervention cash savings amount (UGX) (±SD) | 2,262 (±429.0) | 2,169 (±533.0) | 2,362 (± 682.5) | .82 |
| Pre-intervention cash savings amount ($US) (±SD) | $0.76 (±2.7) | $0.72 (±2.4) | $0.79 (±2.9) | .82 |
| Number (%) retained at Time 1 follow-up (%) | 331 (95.7%) | 171 (95.5%) | 160 (95.8%) | – |
| Number (%) retained at Time 2 follow-up (%) | 317 (91.6%) | 166 (92.7%) | 151 (90.4%) | – |
a
Adult and child household estimates include count of study-enrolled adolescent.