Table 1.
Descriptive statistics for final sample of adolescents (N = 979)
| Variables | N (% sample) |
|---|---|
| Socio‐demographic characteristics | |
| Age | |
| Above 15 | 362 (37.0%) |
| Below 15 | 617 (63.0%) |
| Gender | |
| Female | 539 (55.1%) |
| Male | 440 (44.9%) |
| Location | |
| Rural | 261 (26.7%) |
| Urban | 716 (73.1%) |
| Missing | 2 (0.2%) |
| HIV‐ and treatment‐related characteristics | |
| Mode of HIV transmission | |
| Horizontal | 205 (20.9%) |
| Vertical | 774 (79.1%) |
| Time on Treatment | |
| More than a year | 808 (82.5%) |
| Less than a year | 171 (17.5%) |
| Knowledge of status | |
| Knows status | 737 (75.3%) |
| Does not know status | 230 (23.5%) |
| Missing | 12 (1.2%) |
| Retention in care | |
| Yes | 371 (37.9%) |
| No | 608 (62.1%) |
| Experiences of discrimination and internalized stigma | |
| Discrimination due to HIV status | |
| Yes | 68 (6.9%) |
| No | 911 (93.1%) |
| Discrimination due to a family member’s HIV status | |
| Yes | 146 (14.9%) |
| No | 833 (85.1%) |
| Discrimination in healthcare settings | |
| Yes | 187 (19.1%) |
| No | 792 (80.9%) |
| Discrimination multiplicity | |
| No discrimination | 654 (66.8%) |
| 1 type of discrimination | 256 (26.1%) |
| >1 type of discrimination | 69 (7.0%) |
| Internalized stigma | |
| Yes | 229 (23.4%) |
| No | 720 (73.5%) |
| Missing | 30 (3.0%) |