TABLE 1a.
Demographic information.
| Caregiver characteristics (n = 465) | Disabled caregiver (n = 126) |
Not disabled caregiver (n = 339) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | (% of disabled) | n | (% of not disabled) | |
| Caregiver gender (χ2 = 5.72, p = 0.02) | ||||
| Male | 7 | 6 | 48 | 14 |
| Female | 119 | 94 | 291 | 86 |
| Caregiver education (χ2 = 206, p < 0.001) | ||||
| No school | 47 | 37 | 6 | 2 |
| Grades 1–6 | 58 | 46 | 48 | 14 |
| Grade 7–8 | 11 | 9 | 197 | 58 |
| Grades 9 and above | 10 | 8 | 88 | 26 |
| Caregiver marital status (χ2 = 3.67, p = 0.055) | ||||
| Not married | 15 | 12 | 22 | 6 |
| Married | 111 | 88 | 317 | 94 |
| Caregiver HIV status (χ2 = 0.001, p = 0.9703) | ||||
| Positive | 29 | 23 | 76 | 22 |
| Negative | 93 | 74 | 246 | 73 |
| Not available | 4 | 3 | 17 | 5 |