Table 1.
Socio-demographic characteristics of the sample by gender
| Factor grouping | Factor | Excluded eligible sample n = 166a
N (%)b |
Included eligible sample n = 1060a
N (%) |
Total sample n = 1060 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Female n = 584 (55.1 %) |
Male n = 476 (44.9 %) |
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| Age | Years [mean (SD)] | 14.8 (2.91) | 13.8 (2.8) | 14.3 (3.0) | 13.3 (2.5) |
| 10–14 | 659 (62.2) | 324 (55.5) | 335 (70.4) | ||
| 15–19 | 401 (37.8) | 260 (44.5) | 141 (29.6) | ||
| Gender | Female | 66 (56.9) | 584 (55.1) | 584 (100) | n/a |
| Language | Xhosa | 1028 (97.0) | 572 (97.9) | 456 (95.8) | |
| Housing | Formal | 861 (81.3) | 469 (80.3) | 392 (82.5) | |
| Informal | 198 (18.7) | 115 (19.7) | 83 (17.5) | ||
| Residence | Urban | 140 (77.6) | 828 (78.4) | 451 (77.5) | 377 (79.5) |
| Rural | 26 (22.4) | 228 (21.6) | 131 (22.5) | 97 (20.5) | |
| Family and caregiver characteristics | Maternal orphan | 464 (43.8) | 250 (42.8) | 214 (45.0) | |
| Paternal orphan | 320 (30.2) | 183 (31.3) | 137 (28.8) | ||
| Living with biological caregiver | 476 (44.9) | 275 (47.1) | 201 (42.2) | ||
| HIV-related factors | Vertical infection | 708 (66.8) | 348 (59.6) | 360 (75.6) | |
| Horizontal infection | 352 (33.2) | 236 (40.4) | 116 (24.4) | ||
| Knows HIV-positive status | 794 (74.9) | 442 (75.7) | 352 (73.9) | ||
aStatistical tests comparing the excluded and included eligible participants were non significant
bN (%) reported unless noted otherwise