Table 3 General characteristics of care environments in Uasin Gishu County, Kenya
Characteristics | Institutional care | Family-based care N = 300 | Community-based care N = 7 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Children’s charitable constitutions | ||||||
N = 19 | ||||||
Total n (%) | CCI pure n = 11 n (%) | CCI plus n = 6 n (%) | CCI shelter n = 2 n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | |
Registered | 15 (79) | 9 (82) | 4 (67) | 2 (100) | - | 6 (86) |
Unregistered | 4 (21) | 2 (18) | 2 (33) | 0 (0) | - | 1 (14) |
Environment Type | ||||||
Secular | 3 (16) | 1 (9) | 2 (33) | 0 (0) | - | 4 (57) |
Faith-based | 12 (63) | 9 (82) | 3 (50) | 0 (0) | - | 4 (57) |
NGO | 2 (10.5) | 1 (9) | 1 (17) | 0 (0) | - | 2 (29) |
Governmental | 2 (10.5) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 2 (100) | - | 0 (0) |
Governance Structure | ||||||
Village chief or elders | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 1 (<1) | 0 (0) |
Head of household | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 294 (98) | 0 (0) |
Private individual | 2 (10.5) | 1 (9) | 1 (17) | 0 (0) | 3 (1) | 0 (0) |
Remunerated board of directors/trustees | 2 (10.5) | 2 (18) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
Volunteer board of directors/trustees | 14 (74) | 8 (73) | 5 (83) | 1 (50) | 0 (0) | 7 (100) |
Other advisory committee | 1 (5) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 1 (50) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
Missing data | 2 | |||||
Admission Criteria for the Household/Institution | ||||||
Family member or child of friend | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 121 (40) | 0 (0) |
Age criteria | 16 (84) | 11 (100) | 3 (50) | 2 (100) | 0 (0) | 6 (86) |
HIV + | 1 (5) | 1 (9) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 2 (<1) | 0 (0) |
HIV – | 5 (26) | 3 (27) | 2 (33) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
Any orphan | 5 (26) | 3 (27) | 2 (33) | 0 (0) | 10 (3) | 2 (29) |
Double orphan | 6 (32) | 5 (45) | 1 (17) | 0 (0) | 3 (1) | 1 (14) |
On/Of the street child | 2 (10.5) | 0 (0) | 1 (17) | 1 (50) | 0 (0) | 3 (43) |
Abused or abandoned | 5 (26) | 4 (36) | 0 (0) | 1 (50) | 2 (<1) | 3 (43) |
Other‡ | 5 (26) | 2 (25) | 2 (33) | 1 (50) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
Director or Head of Household Characteristics | ||||||
Age, median (IQR) | 49 (42–60) | 47 (38–57) | 47 (42–60) | 70 (70) | 48 (37–57) | 45 (39–58) |
Highest level of education | ||||||
None | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 62 (21) | 0 (0) |
Primary | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 1 (17) | 0 (0) | 162 (54) | 0 (0) |
Secondary | 3 (16) | 2 (17) | 3 (50) | 1 (50) | 61 (20) | 3 (43) |
Vocational | 8 (42) | 5 (42) | 2 (33) | 0 (0) | 1 (<1) | 0 |
College/University | 8 (42) | 5 (42) | 0 (0) | 1 (50) | 1 (<1) | 4 (57) |
Other | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 11 (4) | |
Missing | 2 | |||||
Legally Mandated Guardian of Children | ||||||
Yes | 18 (95) | 11 (100) | 5 (83) | 2 (100) | 188 (64) | - |
No | 1 (5) | 0 | 1 (17) | 0 | 107 (36) | - |
Missing | 5 | |||||
Guardian Kenyan | ||||||
Yes | 16 (84) | 9 (82) | 5 (83) | 2 (100) | 294 (>99) | 7 (100) |
No | 3 (16) | 2 (18) | 1 (17) | 0 (0) | 1 (<1) | 0 (0) |
Missing | 5 | |||||