| |
HIV-positives
(n=285) |
HIV-negatives
(n=285) |
| Mean age (years) (SD) |
37.7 (7.8) |
39.7 (10.2) |
| Sex：Female (%) |
164 (57.5) |
130 (45.6) |
| Widow or widower (%) |
100 (35.1) |
14 (4.9) |
| Mean family size (persons) (SD) |
4.3 (1.7) |
5.3 (1.9) |
| Mean no. of children (SD) |
2.4 (1.5) |
3.1 (1.8) |
| Mean no. of working family members (SD) |
1.7 (0.8) |
2.4 (1.3) |
| Category of working family members |
|
|
| Household heads (%) |
122 (42.8) |
73 (25.6) |
| Household heads and their spouses (%) |
74 (26.0) |
105 (36.8) |
| Household heads and their children (%) |
48 (16.8) |
38 (13.3) |
| Household heads, their spouses and their children (%) |
21 (7.4) |
68 (23.9) |
| Children (%) |
14 (4.9) |
1 (0.4) |
| No working family members (%) |
6 (2.1) |
0 (0) |
| School children |
|
|
| Yes (%) |
198 (69.5) |
190 (66.7) |
| No (%) |
87 (30.5) |
95 (33.3) |
| Ever experienced family deaths due to AIDS |
|
|
| Yes (%) |
104 (36.5) |
0 (0) |
| No (%) |
181 (63.5) |
285 (100.0) |
| Ever been to school |
|
|
| Yes (%) |
205 (71.9) |
236 (82.8) |
| No (%) |
80 (28.1) |
49 (17.2) |
| Mean years of school (years) (SD) |
4.1 (3.5) |
4.9 (3.6) |
Notes: SD=Standard Deviation