Table 2. Characteristics of children’s caregivers (n = 1231).
| Caregiver’s Characteristics | HIV Positive N = 57 |
HIV Negative N = 1174 |
t | P—value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| mean (SD) | mean (SD) | |||
| Age (years) | 36.1 (12.2) | 35.0 (12.2) | 0.7 | 0.49 |
| N (%) | N (%) | Χ2 | P–value | |
| Caregiver’s HIV Status | 61.7 | <0.001 | ||
| Negative | 13 (22.8) | 807 (68.7) | ||
| Positive | 39 (68.4) | 305 (26.0) | ||
| Refused Consent/Consent Pending | 5 (8.8) | 62 (5.3) | ||
| Mothers Whereabouts | 12.4 | <0.01 | ||
| Living with child | 38 (66.7) | 940 (80.1) | ||
| Not living with child | 5 (8.8) | 125 (10.7) | ||
| Abandoned family/Unknown | 6 (10.5) | 39 (3.3) | ||
| Dead | 8 (14.0) | 70 (6.0) | ||
| Mother’s Education | 3.4 | 0.58 | ||
| Primary or no Education | 9 (15.84) | 159 (13.52) | ||
| ≥ Secondary | 40 (70.2) | 892 (76.0) | ||
| Unknown | 8 (14.0) | 123 (10.5) |