Table 1 Basic characteristics of participants (n = 175)
| Â | Total | Boys | Girls | Â | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n =  175 | n =  72 | n =  103 |  | ||||
n | (%) | n | (%) | n | (%) | p | |
Age | |||||||
 15 years | 23 | (13.1) | 7 | (9.7) | 16 | (15.5) | 0.28 |
 16 years | 42 | (24.0) | 23 | (31.9) | 19 | (18.5) |  |
 17 years | 38 | (21.7) | 13 | (18.1) | 25 | (24.3) |  |
 18 years | 42 | (24.0) | 17 | (23.6) | 25 | (24.3) |  |
 19 years | 30 | (17.1) | 12 | (16.7) | 18 | (17.5) |  |
Educational experience | |||||||
 Incomplete primary school | 26 | (14.9) | 11 | (15.3) | 15 | (14.6) | 0.93 |
 Completed primary school | 88 | (50.3) | 35 | (48.6) | 53 | (51.1) |  |
 Completed secondary school or higher | 61 | (34.9) | 26 | (36.1) | 35 | (34.0) |  |
Parental survival status | |||||||
 Both parents are alive | 61 | (34.9) | 30 | (41.7) | 31 | (30.1) | 0.09 |
 Mother was dead | 34 | (19.4) | 13 | (18.1) | 21 | (20.4) |  |
 Father was dead | 35 | (20.0) | 17 | (23.6) | 18 | (17.5) |  |
 Both parents were dead | 45 | (25.7) | 12 | (16.7) | 33 | (32.0) |  |
Currently taking ART | |||||||
 Yes | 165 | (94.3) | 70 | (97.2) | 95 | (92.2) | 0.16 |
 No | 10 | (5.7) | 2 | (2.8) | 8 | (7.8) |  |