Table 1.

Descriptive statistics of the children’s categorical variables (n = 1,586).

Site			Sex			Preschool education			Child HIV
	n	%		n	%		n	%	n	%
1	241	17.4	M	698	50.4	None	481	35.3	Positive	62	3.9
2	222	16.0	F	688	49.6	Received	883	64.7	Negative	1278	80.8
3	150	10.8							Unknown	241	15.2
4	461	33.3
5	312	10.8
Maternal education level			Paternal education level			Socioeconomic status (SES)
	n	%		n	%		n	%
0. (None)	65	4.1	0. (None)	88	5.6	1. Lowest 20%	327	20.8
1. Grade 1–7 (primary)	223	14.1	1. Grade 1–7 (primary)	170	10.7	2. Low middle	355	22.6
2. Grade 8–11 (high school)	665	42.0	2. Grade 8–11 (high school)	407	25.7	3. Middle	250	15.9
3. Grade 12 (matric)	359	22.7	3. Grade 12 (matric)	437	27.6	4. High middle	314	20.0
4. >Grade 12 (tertiary)	3	0.2	4. >Grade 12 (tertiary)	2	0.1	5. Top 20%	326	20.7
5. Unknown	267	16.9	5. Unknown	478	30.2