Table 3 Number and proportion of children receiving types of social protection by country, gender and high-risk group
South Africa (n = 708) | Malawi (n = 146) | p | Girls (n = 439 | Boys (n = 400) | p | HIV+ (n = 115) | HIV- (n = 737) | p | Any disability (n = 547) | No disability (n = 307) | p | 5-9 yrs. (n = 331) | 10-15 yrs. (n = 500) | p | Informal housing (n = 107) | Formal housing (n = 689) | p | |
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No support (n = 179) | 63 (8.9%) | 116 (79.5%) | <.001 | 91 (20.7%) | 86 (21.5%) | n.s. | 34 (29.6%) | 143 (19.4%) | .02 | 106 (19.4%) | 73 (23.8%) | n.s. | 50 (15.1%) | 124 (24.8%) | .001 | 9 (8.4%) | 162 (23.5%) | <.001 |
Cash (n = 473) | 473 (66.8%) | 0 | <.001 | 238 (54.2%) | 337 (56.8%) | n.s. | 52 (45.2%) | 421 (57.1%) | .02 | 304 (55.6%) | 169 (55.0%) | n.s. | 198 (59.8%) | 262 (52.4%) | .04 | 74 (69.2%) | 358 (52.0%) | .001 |
Good parenting (n = 51) | 21 (3.0%) | 30 (20.5%) | <.001 | 26 (5.9%) | 25 (6.3%) | n.s. | 12 (10.4%) | 39 (5.3%) | .03 | 31 (5.7%) | 20 (6.5%) | n.s. | 18 (5.4%) | 33 (6.6%) | n.s. | 5 (4.7%) | 46 (6.7%) | n.s. |
Cash plus good parenting (n = 151) | 151 (21.3%) | 0 | <.001 | 84 (19.1%) | 62 (15.5%) | n.s. | 17 (14.8%) | 134 (18.2%) | n.s. | 106 (19.4%) | 45 (14.7%) | .05 | 65 (19.6%) | 81 (9.7%) | n.s. | 19 (17.8%) | 123 (17.9%) | n.s. |