Caregivers Lack of Disclosure Skills Delays Disclosure to Children with Perinatal HIV in Resource-Limited Communities: Multicenter Qualitative Data from South Africa and Botswana

Table 1

Demographic characteristics of caregivers perinatal infected children.

	Number	Percent
Age of caregiver
25–39 years	17	36
40–49 years	14	30
50–59 years	11	23
60–69 years	4	9
70–79	1	2
Gender of caregiver
Male	6	13
Female	41	87
Marital status
Single	24	51
Ever married	23	49
Relation to the child
Biological mother	22	47
Biological father	3	6
Grandparents	10	21
Other	12	26
Employment status
Employed	22	47
Unemployed	19	40
Pensioner	5	11
Schooling	1	2
Caregivers HIV status
Negative	14	30
Positive	30	64
Unknown	3	6
Child orphan status
Orphan	16	34
Nonorphan	31	66

relatives includes older sibling, uncles, and aunts.