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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: AIDS Care. 2015 Nov 7;28(3):273–282. doi: 10.1080/09540121.2015.1109585

Table 3.

Proportion of orphaned adolescents reporting affirmative attitudes toward savings and HIV-preventive behaviors at baseline, 12 months, and 24 months post-baseline by study group.

Percentage of adolescents with affirmative responses Intervention
Control
Time T0 T1 T2 ΔT1−T0 ΔT2−T1 ΔT2−T0 T0 T1 T2 ΔT1−T0 ΔT2−T1 ΔT2−T0
Sample size (n) 179 171 166     –     –     – 167 160 151     –     –     –
Value placed on savingsa
Saving money for a family business   93.3 100.0   99.4   +6.7***   −0.6   +6.1**   98.8   99.4   98.7   +0.6   −0.7   −0.1
Saving money for one’s education 100.0 100.0   99.4     0   −0.6   −0.6 100.0 100.0   99.3 0   −0.7   −0.7
Saving money for vocational/job training   87.7   96.5   92.8   +8.8**   −3.7   +5.1   91.6   95.0   92.7   +3.4   −2.3   +1.1
Saving money to help one’s family out   97.2   99.4   97.0   +2.2   −2.4   −0.2   98.2   99.4   96.7   +1.1   −2.7   −1.5
Saving money to buy an animal   96.1 100.0 100.0   +3.9**     0   +3.9*   98.8 100.0 100.0   +1.2     0   +1.2
Saving money to move into one’s own home   81.0   95.9   78.3 +14.9*** −17.6***   −2.7   91.6   92.5   76.8   +0.9 −15.7*** −14.8***
Confidence in savings abilityb
Save money for a family business   72.6   90.1   89.8 +17.4***   −0.3 +17.1***   77.2   90.0   87.4 +12.8**   −2.6 +10.2*
Save money for one’s education   95.0   96.5   95.2   +1.5   −1.3   +0.2   92.2   92.5   95.4   +0.3   +2.9   +3.1
Save money for vocational/job training   82.7   89.5   86.1   +6.8   −3.3   +3.5   83.2   90.6   86.8   +7.4*   −3.9   +3.5
Save money for help one’s family out   88.8   94.2   91.0   +5.3   −3.2   +2.1   87.4   95.0   90.1   +7.6*   −4.9   +2.6
Save money to buy an animal   94.4   96.5   97.6   +2.1   +1.1   +3.2   96.4   98.1   96.7   +1.7   −1.4   +0.3
Save money to move into one’s own home   62.0   82.5   73.5 +21.4***   −9.9* +11.5*   74.3   84.4   66.9 +10.1* −17.5***   −7.4
 Mean savings attitudes score (±SD)   10.5 (±1.9)   11.4 (±1.4)   11.0 (±1.5)   +0.9***   −0.4**   +0.5**   10.9 (±1.6)   11.4 (±1.4)   10.9 (±1.5)   +0.5**   −0.5**     0
 % with maximum savings score of 12   46.9   76.3   54.2 +29.4*** −22.1***   +7.3   56.9   74.4   52.3 +17.5** −22.1***   −4.6
HIV/AIDS-prevention attitudesc
AIDS is a threat to my health   80.4   94.2   95.8 +13.7**   +1.6 +15.3***   81.4   91.3   93.4   +9.8*   +2.1 +11.9**
All people my age who have sex should use condoms   70.9   74.3   79.5   +3.3   +5.2   +8.6   63.5   71.9   66.9   +8.4   −5.0   +3.4
The best way to avoid getting AIDS is not to have sex   78.8   82.5   91.6   +3.7   +9.1* +12.8***   71.9   87.5   88.1 +15.6***   +0.6 +16.2***
Even if you know your partner very well you should use a condom   31.8   68.4   82.5 +36.6*** +14.1** +50.7***   46.1   73.1   71.5 +27.0***   −1.6 +25.4***
It is important to use condoms every time one has sex   73.2   81.9   93.4   +8.7 +11.5** +20.2***   70.6   85.6   83.4 +15.0**   −2.2 +12.8**
 Mean HIV prevention attitudes score (±SD)     3.4 (±1.3)     4.0 (±1.2)     4.4 (±1.0)   +0.6***   +0.4***   +1.0***     3.3 (±1.5)     4.1 (±1.2)     4.0 (±1.3)   +0.8***   −0.1   +0.7***
 % With maximum protective behaviors score of 5   15.6   48.0   62.6 +32.3*** +14.6** +46.9***   27.5   53.8   46.7 +26.2***   −7.0 +19.2***
a

% Reporting “very/somewhat important”.

b

% Reporting “very/a little confident”.

c

% Reporting “strongly/somewhat agree”.

*

p < .05.

**

p <.01.

***

p < .001.