Table 5.

Negative and positive coping strategies

Coping strategy	Total (n=81)	Tanzania (n=40)		Malawi (n=20)		Ghana (n=21)
		n	%	n	%	n	%
Negative coping	59	34	85	14	70	11	52
Risk-taking behaviours	52	34	85	10	50	8	38
Relating poorly	23	9	23	8	40	6	29
Positive coping	79	39	98	20	100	20	95
Problem-focused coping	70	33	83	19	95	18	86
Social coping	63	30	75	19	95	14	67
Spiritual coping	21	9	23	5	25	7	33
Preventive coping	18	16	40	2	10	0	0
Emotion-focused coping	13	8	20	4	20	1	5