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Table 2 Socio-demographic description of children’s caregivers according to their child HIV status, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, 2011

From: Prevention and care of paediatric HIV infection in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso: knowledge, attitudes and practices of the caregivers

 

Total N = 37 (%) 100 %

Group 1 N = 11 (%) 100 %

Group 2 N = 4 (%) 100 %

Group 3 N = 5 (%) 100 %

Group 4 N = 17 (%) 100 %

Mean age (years)

32.5 ± 1.1

31.5 ± 2.0

35 ± 4.0

29.6 ± 4.4

33.4 ± 1.6

Education

 No schooling

10 (27)

5 (46)

1 (25)

3 (60)

1 (6)

 Primary

7 (19)

3 (27)

1 (25)

2 (40)

1 (6)

 Secondary

11 (30)

2 (18)

2 (50)

0 (0)

7 (41)

 Post-secondary

9 (24)

1 (9)

0 (0)

0 (0)

8 (47)

Occupation

 House wives

15 (40)

6 (55)

1 (25)

3 (60)

5 (29)

 Students

3 (9)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

3 (18)

 Civil servant

4 (11)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

4 (24)

 Private sector

15 (40)

5 (45)

3 (75)

2 (40)

5 (29)

Sex

 Male

8 (22)

0 (0)

1 (25)

1 (20)

6 (35)

 Female

29 (78)

11 (100)

3 (75)

4 (80)

11 (65)

Marital status

 Single

1 (3)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

1 (6)

Married/co-habiting

31 (84)

10 (90)

2 (50)

4 (80)

15 (88)

Widowed/separated

5 (13)

1 (10)

2 (50)

1 (20)

1 (6)

  1. Group 1: caregivers of HIV-infected child currently treated with antiretroviral therapy
  2. Group 2: caregivers of HIV-infected child not yet initiated on antiretroviral therapy
  3. Group 3: caregivers waiting for their child’s HIV post-test result
  4. Group 4: caregivers attending paediatric ward, with an unknown HIV child status