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Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of adolescents living with HIV with a low and high level of preparedness for transition to adult care

From: Transition into adult care: factors associated with level of preparedness among adolescents living with HIV in Cambodia

Socio-demographic characteristics Total (n = 223) Level of preparedness for transitiona
Low (≤7) (n = 104) High (>7) (n = 119) p value†
n (%) n (%) n (%)
Age (in years) 15.8 ± 0.8 15.7 ± 0.8 15.9 ± 0.8 0.16
Gender 0.09
 Male 123 (55.2) 51 (49.0) 72 (60.5)
 Female 100 (44.8) 53 (51.0) 47 (39.5)
Currently living with 0.004
 Parents 91 (40.8) 30 (28.8) 61 (51.3)
 Grandparents 35 (15.7) 18 (17.3) 17 (14.3)
 Relatives 75 (33.6) 47 (45.2) 28 (23.5)
 In an orphanage 18 (8.1) 7 (6.7) 11 (9.2)
 Other 4 (1.8) 2 (1.9) 2 (1.7)
Mother is still alive 0.04
 No 117 (52.5) 62 (59.6) 55 (46.2)
 Yes 106 (47.5) 42 (40.4) 64 (53.8)
Mother’s level of formal education 0.59
 No education 12 (11.7) 5 (12.5) 7 (11.1)
 Primary school 26 (25.2) 9 (22.5) 17 (27.0)
 Secondary school 14 (13.6) 8 (20.0) 6 (9.5)
 High school or higher 20 (19.4) 8 (20.0) 12 (19.0)
 Don’t know 31 (30.1) 10 (25.0) 21 (33.3)
Father is still alive     0.37
 No 128 (57.4) 63 (60.6) 65 (54.6)
 Yes 95 (42.6) 41 (39.4) 54 (45.4)
Father’s level of formal education 0.62
 No education 4 (4.4) 1 (2.6) 3 (5.6)
 Primary school 21 (23.1) 10 (25.6) 11 (21.2)
 Secondary school 11 (12.1) 4 (10.3) 7 (13.5)
 High school or higher 19 (20.9) 20 (15.4) 13 (25.0)
 Don’t know 36 (39.6) 18 (46.2) 18 (34.6)
Main daily caregiver 0.003
 Parent 124 (55.6) 48 (46.2) 76 (63.9)
 Grand parent 5 (2.2) 2 (1.9) 3 (2.5)
 Sibling 15 (6.7) 4 (3.8) 11 (9.2)
 Relatives 72 (32.3) 47 (45.2) 25 (21.0)
 Orphanage/NGO staff 7 (3.1) 3 (2.9) 4 (3.4)
Main caregiver’s level of formal education 0.08
 Primary school or lower 7 (5.0) 6 (7.9) 1 (1.6)
 Secondary school 29 (20.9) 13 (17.1) 16 (25.4)
 High school 9 (6.5) 7 (9.2) 2 (3.2)
 University or higher 21 (15.1) 14 (18.4) 7 (11.1)
 Don’t know 73 (52.5) 36 (47.4) 37 (58.7)
Your level of formal education 0.49
 Primary school or lower 66 (29.6) 32 (30.8) 34 (28.6)
 Secondary school 113 (50.7) 55 (52.9) 58 (48.7)
 High school or higher 44 (19.7) 17 (16.3) 27 (22.7)
Currently working for pay 0.03
 No 174 (78.0) 88 (84.6) 86 (72.3)
 Yes 49 (22.0) 16 (15.4) 33 (27.7)
Family received social support for your health 0.03
 No 115 (51.6) 62 (59.6) 53 (44.5)
 Yes 108 (48.4) 42 (40.4) 66 (55.5)
Types of social support
 Transportation allowance 60 (55.6) 26 (61.9) 34 (51.5) 0.29
 Food support 85 (78.7) 37 (88.1) 48 (72.7) 0.06
 School allowance 70 (64.8) 28 (66.7) 42 (63.6) 0.75
 Emotional counseling 35 (32.4) 21 (50.0) 14 (21.2) 0.002
 Vocational training 28 (25.9) 18 (42.9) 10 (15.2) 0.001
 Home visit 11 (10.2) 3 (7.1) 8 (12.1) 0.52
  1. Values are number (%) for categorical variables and mean (±SD) for continuous variables
  2. ART antiretroviral therapy, HIV human immunodeficiency virus, NGO non-governmental organization
  3. †Chi square or Fisher’s exact test was used for categorical outcome variables and Student’s t test was used for continuous outcome variables
  4. aMean score of preparedness for transition scale was used to divide participants into two groups—adolescents with low level of readiness (≤7) and adolescents with high level of readiness (>7)
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