Table 1 Characteristics of HIV-infected parents of children <5 years old in a survey of Streptococcus pneumoniae colonization in Western Kenya (n = 549)^a

Female gender

374 (68.1)

Age, median years (range)

32 (17–74)

  < 30 years

188 (34.3)

 30–39 years

269 (48.9)

  > =40 years

92 (16.8)

Wealth quintile^b

 1 poorest

32 (11.3)

 2

50 (17.6)

 3

69 (24.3)

 4

57 (20.1)

 5 least poor

76 (26.8)

Currently employed

112 (20.6)

Number of years living in Asembo, median (range)

14 (0–73)

Number of compounds

460

Number of people in compound, median (range)

8 (1–38)

Median number of rooms used for sleeping

1 (1–6)

Number of children under 5 in the home, median (range)

1 (1–4)

 1

328 (59.7)

 2

185 (33.7)

  ≥ 3

36 (6.6)

Number of children in home attending school, median (range)

2 (0–13)

 none

67 (12.2)

  ≥ 1

482 (87.8)

Recent illness

 Current cough

141 (25.7)

 Cough within 30 days

171 (31.3)

 Pneumonia within 30 days

16 (2.9)

 Fever within 24 hours

74 (13.5)

 Fever within 30 days

171 (31.2)

Smoke exposure

 Smokes tobacco

29 (5.3)

 Tobacco smoke in the home

99 (18.2)

 Type of fuels used for cooking

  Firewood

540 (98.4)

  Charcoal

207 (37.7)

  Other^c

23 (4.2)

 Area used for cooking

  Same area used for sleeping

243 (44.3)

  Dedicated separate building

235 (42.8)

  Outside the house

45 (8.2)

  Within the house, separate room

26 (4.7)

Antibiotic use^d

 Use of any antibiotic within 7 days

313 (57.0)

 Current use of any antibiotic

169 (30.8)

 Current use of cotrimoxazole

161 (29.3)

Attends HIV clinic^e

106 (53.8)

HAART use^e

23 (11.6)

CD4 count, median (range)^{e, f}

445 (21–1378)

  < 250

44 (21.9)

 250–499

71 (35.3)

  > 500

86 (42.8)