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Table 1 Socio demographic characteristics of the participants

From: Existence, triggers, and coping with chronic sorrow: a qualitative study of caretakers of children with sickle cell disease in a National Referral Hospital in Kampala, Uganda

Variable

Frequency

Age (years)

  < 30

2

 30–39

8

  > 40

2

Sex

 Female

10

 Male

2

Religion

 Catholic

3

 Protestant

5

 Moslem

3

 Born again

1

Marital status

 Married

8

 Separated/divorced

3

 Single

1

Level of education

 Primary

3

 Secondary

5

 Tertiary

2

Relationship with child

 Biological Child

11

 Not Biological Child

1

Duration with SCD (years)

  < 3

3

 4–5

8

  > 6

1

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