Table 2.
Characteristics of study sample
| HIV Risk Behaviors ‘Cases’ (N=89) |
No HIV Risk Behaviors ‘Non-cases’ (N=90) |
Total sample (n=179) |
Independent samples t-Test/χ2 |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| mean (SD) | ||||
| Age | 15.24 (1.49) | 14.51 (1.41) | 14.87 (1.49) | -3.34** |
| N (%) | ||||
| Female | 54 (60.7) | 47 (52.2) | 101 (56.4) | 1.3 |
| Currently in school | 59 (66.3) | 76 (84.4) | 135 (75.4) | 7.95** |
| Days absent from school (past 6 months) 0 days 1–4 days 5–10 days 11 or more days Not attended school in past 6 months |
20 (33.9) 22 (37.3) 7 (11.9) 6 (10.2) 4 (6.8) |
47 (61.8) 17 (22.4) 8 (10.5) 2 (2.6) 2 (2.6) |
67 (49.6) 39 (28.9) 15 (11.1) 8 (5.9) 6 (4.4) |
12.3* |
| Primary caretaker Mother/Father Someone else No one |
45 (50.6) 35 (39.3) 9 (10.1) |
56 (62.2) 31 (34.4) 3 (3.3) |
101 (56.4) 66 (36.9) 12 (6.7) |
4.4 |
| Orphan status Both mother and father alive Father alive only Mother alive only Neither mother nor father alive |
21 (23.6) 7 (7.9) 32 (36.0) 29 (32.6) |
15 (16.7) 5 (5.6) 42 (46.7) 28 (31.1) |
36 (20.1) 12 (6.7) 74 (41.3) 57 (31.8) |
2.70 |
| HIV status HIV positive HIV negative Don’t know |
14 (15.7) 74 (83.2) 1 (1.1) |
3 (3.3) 86 (95.6) 1 (1.1) |
17 (9.5) 160 (89.4) 2 (1.1) |
8.0* |
| Biological parent HIV status One or both HIV positive Neither HIV positive Don’t know |
18 (20.2) 71 (79.8) 0 (0.0) |
11 (12.2) 78 (86.7) 1 (1.1) |
29 (16.2) 149 (83.2) 1 (0.6) |
3.0 |
| Disability Yes |
26 (29.2) |
16 (17.8) |
42 (23.5) |
3.26 |
*
P<.05
**
P<.01