Table I.

Demographic Characteristics

	M	SD
Age of child (n = 103)	5.39	2.61
Child sex	N	%
Female	39	37.9
Child education levels
Not in schoola	31	30.1
Nursery	40	38.8
Class 1	13	12.6
Class 2	10	9.7
Class 3	6	5.8
Class 4	1	1.0
Class 5	2	1.9
Number pain crisesb (past 12 months)
0 times	17	16.5
1 time	13	12.6
2 times	12	11.7
3–5 times	43	41.8
6–10 times	9	8.7
More than 10 times	9	8.7
Caregiver relationship to child
Mother	84	81.6
Father	17	16.5
Aunty	1	1.0
Grandparent	1	1.0
Caregiver highest education completed
No education	2	1.9
Primary	44	42.7
Some secondary	15	14.5
Secondary completed	23	22.3
College	20	19.4
Caregiver employment status
Outside the home	52	50.5

^aAll except one of the children not in school were under the age of 5 (below the typical age children begin primary school).

^bPain crisis is defined as pain lasting 2 hr or more that did not have an obvious cause.