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. 2021 Feb 16;21:365. doi: 10.1186/s12889-021-10415-6

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)