Research Article
Care Burden and Coping Strategies among Caregivers of Paediatric HIV/AIDS in Northern Uganda: A Cross-Sectional Mixed-Method Study
Table 1
Sociodemographic characteristics of study participants.
| Characteristics | Frequency, N (%) |
| Caregivers characteristics | Gender | Male | 28 (24.8) | Female | 85 (75.2) | Age (years) | 18–29 | 21 (18.6) | 30–39 | 42 (37.2) | ≥40 | 50 (44.2) | Relation to child | Mother | 58 (51.3) | Father | 20 (17.7) | Others | 35 (31.0) | Highest level of education | Primary | 65 (57.5) | Secondary | 28 (23.0) | Tertiary | 11 (9.7) | No formal education | 11 (9.7) | Occupation | Formal employment | 12 (10.6) | Self-employed | 44 (38.9) | Peasant farmer | 38 (33.6) | Unemployed | 19 (16.8) | Marital status | Single | 54 (47.8) | Married | 30 (26.5) | Divorced | 10 (8.8) | Widowed | 19 (16.8) | Children living with HIV/AIDS in household | 1 child | 94 (83.2) | 2 and more | 19 (16.8) | Average monthly household income | ˂250,000 | 46 (40.7) | ≥250,000 | 67 (59.3) |
| Child characteristics | Gender | Male | 50 (44.2) | Female | 63 (55.8) | Age (years) | 5 and below | 17 (15.0) | Above 5 | 96 (85.0) | School attendance | Yes | 102 (90.3) | No | 11 (9.7) | Duration in HIV care | <10 years | 96 (85.0) | ≥10 years | 17 (15.0) | Health condition since ART | Healthy | 89 (78.8) | Sickly | 24 (21.2) |
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