Table 4.

School attendance and employment history among male and female adolescents living with HIV

School attendance and employment history	Total (n = 328), n (%)	Male (n = 169), n (%)	Female (n = 159), n (%)	p-value*
School attendance in the past month				0.79
Never	55 (16.8)	29 (17.2)	26 (16.4)
With disruptions	75 (22.9)	36 (21.3)	39 (24.5)
Full time	198 (60.4)	104 (61.5)	94 (59.1)
Age when stopped going to school	14.7 ± 1.5	14.7 ± 1.2	14.6 ± 1.8	0.48
Reasons for not attending school				0.25
No money to go to school	18 (14.0)	6 (9.4)	12 (18.5)
Too sick to go to school	44 (34.1)	20 (31.2)	24 (36.9)
Not successful at school	24 (18.6)	15 (23.4)	9 (13.8)
Other	43 (33.3)	23 (35.9)	20 (30.9)
Currently working for pay				0.34
No	259 (79.0)	137 (81.1)	122 (76.7)
Yes	69 (21.0)	32 (18.9)	37 (23.3)
Mean age when started working	14.8 ± 1.9	15.0 ± 1.2	14.7 ± 2.3	0.54
Ever travelled outside of hometown for work				0.23
No	326 (94.4)	169 (100)	157 (98.7)
Yes	2 (0.6)	0 (0.0)	2 (1.3)
Family received social support for your health				0.85
No	175 (53.4)	91 (53.8)	84 (52.8)
Yes	153 (46.6)	78 (46.2)	75 (47.2)
Types of support received by family
Transportation allowance	82 (53.6)	43 (55.1)	39 (52.0)	0.7
Food support	117 (76.5)	57 (73.1)	60 (80.0)	31
School allowance	95 (62.1)	46 (59.0)	49 (65.3)	0.42
Emotional counseling	54 (35.3)	24 (30.8)	30 (40.0)	0.23
Vocational training	35 (22.9)	14 (17.9)	21 (28.0)	0.14
Home visit	17 (11.1)	10 (12.8)	7 (9.3)	0.49
Family received financial support for your health				0.95
No	214 (65.2)	110 (65.1)	104 (65.4)
Yes	114 (34.8)	59 (34.9)	55 (34.6)
Belonged to a patient group				0.63
No	231 (70.4)	121 (71.6)	110 (69.2)
Yes	97 (27.9)	48 (28.4)	49 (30.8)

ART antiretroviral therapy, HIV human immunodeficiency virus

* Chi square or Fisher’s exact test was used as appropriate for categorical variables, Student’s t-test was used for continuous variables