Table 3

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

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

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

Opiyo et al. International Journal for Equity in Health 2008 7:8   doi:10.1186/1475-9276-7-8