Depression among AIDS-orphaned children higher than among other orphaned children in southern India

Table 1 Distribution of depression score with CES-DC (19,20) scale by select socio-demographic and risk factors among institutionalized orphaned children in Hyderabad

Variable	Categories	Children orphaned by AIDS (COA)			Children orphaned by other reasons (COO)
Variable	Categories	N = 199	Mean	Median	N = 198	Mean	Median
Age*	12 to 14 years	186	34.5	37.0	118	18.4	17.5
Age*	15 to 16 years	13	35.8	41.0	80	23.7	23.0
Sex†	Boy	127	33.2	34.0	80	21.2	22.0
Sex†	Girl	72	37.1	43.5	118	20.1	18.5
Type of orphan‡	Maternal orphan	29	36.9	44.0	31	20.9	21.0
	Paternal orphan	114	34.9	39.0	91	19.5	20.0
	Double orphan	56	32.9	34.5	66	21.6	21.0
	Do not know	0	0	0	10	21.8	20.0
Education§	Never been to school/Class 1-5	131	33.7	35.0	44	22.4	22.0
Education§	Class 6-12	68	36.3	40.0	154	20.0	19.0
Religion¶	Hindu	60	32.1	36.5	140	19.7	19.0
	Christian	136	35.5	37.5	43	22.8	24.0
	Others	3	45.0	52.0	12	20.8	20.5
Duration of stay at the orphanage**	<= 2 years	82	33.8	34.0	99	21.6	22.0
	3 - 4 years	81	35.9	40.0	36	18.7	18.5
	> 4 years	36	33.6	35.5	63	20.0	17.0
Ever bullied or ill-treated by friend/relatives††	Yes	100	37.9	40.5	53	25.0	24.0
Ever bullied or ill-treated by friend/relatives††	No/Cannot say	99	31.2	33.0	145	18.9	18.0
Ever abused at orphanage‡‡	Yes	38	36.3	37.0	46	27.1	27.5
Ever abused at orphanage‡‡	No	161	34.2	39.0	152	18.6	17.0
Ever witnessed fights between parents§§	Yes	100	36.1	40.0	71	24.9	24.0
	No	70	32.8	34.0	75	17.2	15.0
	Don’t recall/Don’t know	29	33.8	37.0	52	19.4	18.5
Ever experienced discrimination¶¶	Always/many times	25	44.2	46.0	15	26.2	28.0
	Sometimes	50	36.0	40.0	16	27.3	27.0
	Never	124	32.1	34.0	166	19.4	19.0

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