Table 2.
OVC characteristics by OVC linkage to care status
| OVC not linked to care (n = 1885) | OVC linked to care (n = 12,653) | p-value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | (%) | n | (%) | ||
| OVC characteristics | |||||
| Sex | 0.820 | ||||
| Male | 913 | (48.4) | 6093 | (48.2) | |
| Female | 972 | (51.6) | 6560 | (51.9) | |
| Age (in years) | 0.000 | ||||
| 0–5 | 512 | (27.2) | 2691 | (21.3) | |
| 6–10 | 490 | (25.9) | 3552 | (28.1) | |
| 11–15 | 546 | (28.9) | 3913 | (30.9) | |
| Above 15 | 337 | (17.9) | 2497 | (19.7) | |
| Caregiver characteristics | |||||
| Sex | 0.777 | ||||
| Male | 543 | (28.8) | 3685 | (29.1) | |
| Female | 1342 | (71.2) | 8968 | (70.9) | |
| Age (in years) | 0.082 | ||||
| 0–25 | 63 | (3.3) | 409 | (3.2) | |
| 26–40 | 635 | (33.7) | 4037 | (31.9) | |
| 41–50 | 543 | (28.8) | 3969 | (31.4) | |
| 51–60 | 332 | (17.6) | 2033 | (16.1) | |
| Above 60 | 312 | (16.6) | 2205 | (17.4) | |
| Education level | 0.000 | ||||
| Never attended | 478 | (25.4) | 2203 | (17.4) | |
| Primary incomplete | 174 | (9.2) | 1237 | (9.8) | |
| Primary complete | 1168 | (61.9) | 8597 | (67.9) | |
| Post-primary | 65 | (3.5) | 616 | (4.9) | |
| Marital status | 0.000 | ||||
| Never been married | 105 | (5.6) | 1057 | (8.4) | |
| Married/cohabiting | 1098 | (58.3) | 6680 | (52.8) | |
| Divorced/separated/widowed | 680 | (36.1) | 4866 | (38.5) | |
| Other | 2 | (0.1) | 50 | (0.4) | |
| HIV status | 0.000 | ||||
| Positive | 1004 | (53.3) | 7925 | (62.6) | |
| Negative | 526 | (27.9) | 3105 | (24.5) | |
| Undisclosed | 355 | (18.8) | 1623 | (12.8) | |
| Household socio-economic status | 0.000 | ||||
| Low | 533 | (28.3) | 4180 | (33.0) | |
| Medium | 608 | (32.3) | 4235 | (33.5) | |
| High | 744 | (39.5) | 4238 | (33.5) | |
| Disability (n = 420) | 0.941 | ||||
| Physical | 65 | (89.1) | 310 | (89.3) | |
| Mental | 8 | (10.9) | 37 | (10.7) | |