“What will my child think of me if he hears I gave him HIV?”: a sequential, explanatory, mixed-methods approach on the predictors and experience of caregivers on disclosure of HIV status to infected children in Gombe, Northeast Nigeria

Table 2 Characteristics of 120 caregivers of children living HIV with included in quantitative component of the study

Variable	Characteristics	Frequency (n)	Percentage (%)
Gender	Male	98	81.7
Gender	Female	22	18.3
Educational level	None	18	15
	Primary	15	12.5
	Secondary	30	25
	Tertiary	57	47.5
Relationship with Child	Biological parent	93	77.5
Relationship with Child	¶Other family member	27	22.5
Caregiver’s HIV status	Positive	94	78.3
Caregiver’s HIV status	Negative	26	21.7
Opinion about telling a child his/her HIV status	Agree to disclose	93	77.5
Opinion about telling a child his/her HIV status	Disagree to disclose	27	22.5
Opinion on benefits of telling a child his/her HIV status	No benefits	17	14.2
Opinion on benefits of telling a child his/her HIV status	There are benefits	103	85.8
Opinion about appropriate age of disclosure	School age	5	4.2
	Early adolescence	31	25.8
	Mid adolescence	53	44.2
	Late Adolescence	31	25.8

Values presented as mean (SD), unless otherwise indicated, n (%) = Frequency (percentage)
School age (6–9 years), Early adolescence (10–13 years), Middle adolescence (14–16 years), Late adolescence (17–18 years) as described by Cromber et al. [17]
¶Others: Sister, Brother, Neighbour, Step-mother, Guardian, and unknown person

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