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Table 1 Factors associated with HIV serostatus disclosure to children, univariate analysis, Mumbwa district, Zambia, 2012

From: Disclosure to HIV-seropositive children in rural Zambia

Factors

Total

Not disclosed

disclosed

p-value

Range of patients’ age (median, IQRa)

6–17 (9, 7.0–12.0)

6–16 (9, 7.0–11.25)

6–17 (10, 8.0–13.0)

< 0.001*1

Gender (%)

57

40 (70.2)

17 (29.8)

0.045*2

 Male

28

16 (57.1)

12 (42.9)

 

 Female

29

24 (82.8)

5 (17.2)

 

Caregivers’ education (%)

46

32

14

0.520*3

 None or primary

17

13 (76.5)

4 (23.5)

 

 Above primary

29

19 (65.5)

10 (34.5)

 

Caregivers’ income per month (%)

42

29

13

0.320*3

  < 100,000 ZMWb

22

17 (77.3)

5 (22.7)

 

100,000 ZMW

20

12 (60.0)

8 (40.0)

 

Cohabitation status (%)

39

28

11

 

 Both parents

17

13 (76.5)

4 (23.5)

1.000*3

 Mother only

9

4 (44.4)

5 (55.5)

0.138*3

 Father only

10

8 (80.0)

2 (20.0)

0.710*3

 No parent

3

3 (100.0)

0 (0.0)

0.554*3

Main caregivers (%)

53

36

17

 

 Mother

23

13

10

0.435*3

 Grandmother

12

9

3

0.741*3

 Others

18

14

4

0.556*3

  1. aInterquartile range; bvalues are before denomination
  2. *1 p-value represents significance probability of Mann–Whitney test about median age between “not disclosed” and “disclosed”
  3. *2p-value represents significance probability of Fisher’s exact test about gender ratio between “not disclosed” and “disclosed”
  4. *3p-value represents significance probability of Fisher’s exact test between “not disclosed” and “disclosed”