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Table 1 Characteristics of adolescents living with HIV from 11 ART clinics in Cambodia

From: Characteristics of adolescents living with HIV receiving care and treatment services in antiretroviral therapy clinics in Cambodia: descriptive findings from a cross-sectional study

Socio-demographic characteristics

Total

(n = 328)

Males

(n = 169)

Females

(n = 159)

 

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

P-value*

Mean age (in years)

15.9 ± 0.8

15.8 ± 0.8

16.0 ± 0.8

0.06

Level of formal education

   

0.76

 Primary school or lower

92 (28.0)

50 (20.7)

42 (26.4)

 

 Secondary school

168 (51.3)

86 (50.9)

82 (51.6)

 

 High school or higher

68 (20.7)

33 (19.5)

35 (22.0)

 

Currently living with:

   

0.33

 Parents

140 (42.7)

73 (43.2)

67 (42.1)

 

 Grandparents

49 (14.9)

29 (12.7)

20 (12.6)

 

 Relatives

106 (32.3)

54 (32.0)

52 (32.7)

 

 In an orphanage

27 (8.2)

12 (7.1)

15 (9.4)

 

 Other

6 (1.8)

1 (0.6)

5 (3.1)

 

Mother is still alive

   

0.18

 No

167 (60.9)

80 (47.3)

87 (54.7)

 

 Yes

161 (49.1)

89 (52.7)

72 (45.3)

 

Mother’s education level

   

0.12

 No education

20 (12.7)

7 (8.1)

13 (18.1)

 

 Primary school

53 (33.5)

27 (31.4)

26 (36.1)

 

 Secondary school

24 (15.2)

14 (16.3)

10 (13.9)

 

 High school or higher

24 (15.2)

12 (14.0)

12 (16.7)

 

 Don’t know

37 (23.4)

26 (30.2)

11 (15.3)

 

Father is still alive

   

0.82

 No

198 (60.4)

101 (59.8)

97 (61.0)

 

 Yes

130 (39.6)

68 (40.2)

62 (39.0)

 

Father’s education level

   

0.04

 No education

9 (5.6)

4 (6.2)

3 (4.3)

 

 Primary school

33 (26.2)

12 (18.8)

21 (33.9)

 

 Secondary school

18 (14.3)

8 (12.5)

10 (16.1)

 

 High school or higher

28 (24.3)

9 (14.1)

14 (22.6)

 

 Don’t know

45 (35.7)

31 (48.4)

14 (22.6)

 

Main daily caregiver:

   

0.57

 Parent

187 (57.0)

102 (60.4)

85 (53.5)

 

 Grand parent

5 (1.5)

2 (1.2)

3 (1.9)

 

 Sibling

24 (7.3)

9 (5.3)

15 (9.4)

 

 Relatives

100 (30.5)

50 (29.6)

50 (31.4)

 

 Orphanage/NGO staff

12 (3.7)

6 (3.6)

6 (3.8)

 

Main caregiver’s education level:

< 0.001

 Primary school or lower

14 (7.2)

2 (2.1)

12 (12.1)

 

 Secondary school

40 (20.5)

8 (8.3)

32 (32.3)

 

 High school

11 (5.6)

6 (6.2)

5 (5.1)

 

 University or higher

29 (14.9)

16 (16.7)

13 (13.1)

 

 Don’t know

101 (51.8)

64 (66.7)

37 (37.4)

 
  1. Values are number (%) for categorical variables and mean (standard deviation) for continuous variables
  2. * Chi-square test or Fisher’s exact test as appropriate was used for continuous variables, and Student’s t-test for continuous variables