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Table 1 Demographic characteristics of households

From: Food security and nutritional status of children under-five in households affected by HIV and AIDS in Kiandutu informal settlement, Kiambu County, Kenya

  

n

%

Household head

Father

185

67.5

Mother

64

23.4

Grandmother

17

6.2

Others

8

2.9

Total

274

100

Parents living with HIV

Both father and mother

214

78.1

Mothers only

48

17.5

Fathers only

12

4.4

Stepmother

3

1.1

Caregiver living with HIV

Mother

224

81.8

Stepmother

17

6.2

Grandparents

17

6.2

Auntie

7

2.6

Siblings

6

2.2

Neighbor

3

1.1

Total

274

100

Family structure

Both parent alive

160

58.4

Only father alive

25

9.1

Only mother alive

64

23.4

Father and mother deceased

25

9.1

Total

274

100