Table 4.

Household composition and socio-economic status, among children <15 years old and living in the district at the time of follow-up

	HIV status of index individual
	HIV+		HIV−		p value
Living with parents	%	(n)	%	(n)
Both parents	34 1	(46)	77	(509)
Mother only	28	(38)	12	(79)
Father only	9	(12)	6	(40)
Neither parent	28	(38)	5	(37)
		(134)		(665)	<0.001
Household head 2
Father	42	(56)	83	(547)
Mother	16	(22)	4	(24)
Grandparent	20	(27)	6	(40)
Aunt/uncle	12	(16)	2	(14)
Sibling/Sibling-in-law	1.5	(2)	1	(8)
Other relation	2	(3)	4	(29)
Not blood relative	6	(8)	0	(0)
		(134)		(662)	<0.001
Age of household head (years)
19-29	1	(2)	3	(20)
30-39	30	(40)	32	(215)
40-49	31	(41)	33	(221)
50-59	18	(24)	19	(129)
60-82	20	(27)	12	(77)
		(134)		(662)	0.10
Sex of household head
Male	78	(104)	93	(616)
Female	22	(30)	7	(46)
		(134)		(662)	<0.001
Household head female >60 years old
No	96	(128)	98	(650)
Yes	4	(6)	2	(12)
		(134)		(662)	0.06
Male adult aged 18-49 in household
No	25	(34)	23	(149)
Yes	75	(100)	77	(513)
		(134)		(662)	0.47
Female adult aged 18-49 in household
No	8	(11)	4	(25)
Yes	92	(123)	96	(637)
		(134)		(662)	0.02
Household assets 3
Score ≤3	39	(52)	38	(245)
Score >3	61	(82)	62	(405)
		(134)		(650)	0.81
Housing quality 4
Score ≤2	50	(62)	58	(371)
Score >2	50	(61)	42	(273)
		(123)		(644)	0.14

¹Figures in bold are referred to in the text;

²Household head not identified for 3 children of an HIV-negative index individual;

³Higher scores imply more and/or more valuable possessions;

⁴The construction of walls, roof, floor and windows were scored according to building materials and the component scores were summed. Higher scores imply more solid/expensive constructions