Table 2. Demographic characteristics of study participants stratified by sex.
| Males (N = 147) |
Females (N = 162) |
Total (N = 309) |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Client characteristics | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) |
| Age | |||
| 15 | 25 (17.0) | 23 (14.2) | 48 (15.5) |
| 16 | 40 (27.2) | 40 (24.7) | 80 (25.9) |
| 17 | 36 (24.5) | 35 (21.6) | 71 (23.0) |
| 18 | 28 (19.0) | 32 (19.8) | 60 (19.4) |
| 19 | 18 (12.2) | 32 (19.8) | 50 (16.2) |
| Mean (SD) | 16.8 (1.3) | 17.1 (1.3) | 16.9 (1.3) |
| Clinic | |||
| Clinic 1 | 65 (44.2) | 77 (47.5) | 142 (46.0) |
| Clinic 2 | 63 (42.9) | 52 (32.1) | 115 (37.2) |
| Clinic 3 | 19 (12.9) | 33 (20.4) | 52 (16.8) |
| Currently enrolled in school | 125 (85.0) | 117 (72.2) | 242 (78.3) |
| Biological parents | |||
| Neither alive | 46 (31.3) | 66 (40.7) | 112 (36.2) |
| Only father alive | 23 (15.6) | 24 (14.8) | 47 (15.2) |
| Only mother alive | 44 (29.9) | 33 (20.4) | 77 (24.9) |
| Both parents alive | 33 (22.4) | 39 (24.1) | 72 (23.3) |
| Missing | 1 (0.7) | - | 1 (0.3) |
| Current living situation | |||
| Lives with a biological parent | 84 (57.1) | 78 (48.1) | 162 (52.4) |
| Lives with other family members not parents | 58 (39.5) | 77 (47.5) | 135 (43.7) |
| Lives at orphanage | 5 (3.4) | 7 (4.3) | 12 (3.9) |
| Lives with others who have HIV | 54 (36.7) | 61 (37.7) | 115 (37.2) |
| How acquired HIV | |||
| Perinatally infected | 113 (76.9) | 125 (77.2) | 238 (77.0) |
| Unprotected consensual sex | 1 (0.7) | 6 (3.7) | 7 (2.3) |
| Rape/forced sex | - | 6 (3.7) | 6 (1.9) |
| Contaminated blood | 3 (2.0) | 3 (1.9) | 6 (1.9) |
| Shared injection | 3 (2.0) | 5 (3.1) | 8 (2.6) |
| Don't know | 27 (18.4) | 17 (10.5) | 44 (14.2) |
| Age learned HIV status | |||
| Mean (SD) | 12.0 (2.4) | 12.7 (2.8) | 12.3 (2.7) |
| Median (Range) | 12.0 (5.0 to 18.0) | 13.0 (4.0 to 19.0) | 13.0 (4.0 to 19.0) |