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Table 3 Provision of home-based care to the adult bedridden patients (19–59 years old)

From: HIV/AIDS and home-based health care

Gender

Number of sick

Provision of care by:

  

Wife

Husband

Mother

Sister

Teenage boys

Teenage girls

Other women

Males

5

2

0

2

2

1

0

0

Females

5

0

0

1

0

0

3

1

Total

10

2

0

3

2

1

3

1

  1. Source: In-depth interviews with 25 purposively-selected households in Siaya district, interviewed by Opiyo in 2000