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Table 4 Analysis of barriers to sexual health counseling seeking among 338 students who reported unmet sexual health counseling needs among University students

From: Barriers faced by Ugandan university students in seeking medical care and sexual health counselling: a cross-sectional study

 

All

Acceptability

Accessibility

Availability

P-value

 

n

%

n

%

n

%

n

%

 

Sex

         

 Female

100

29.6

69

69.9

15

15.0

16

16.0

 

 Male

238

70.4

175

73.5

24

10.1

39

16.4

0.46

 Missing

642

(65.5)

       

Age

         

 Younger < 24

198

60.7

146

73.7

23

11.6

29

14.6

 

 Older ≥ 24

128

39.3

91

71.1

12

9.4

25

19.5

0.43

 Missing

(654)

(66.7)

       

Area of origin

         

 Rural

152

45.0

102

67.1

21

11.3

23

12.4

 

 Urban/ peri-urban

186

55.0

142

76.3

18

11.8

32

21.1

0.08

 Missing

(642)

(65.5)

       

Educational level of head of household

         

 Post Primary school

229

70.9

173

75.5

21

9.2

35

15.3

 

 ≤ Primary school

94

29.1

63

67.0

15

16.0

16

17.0

0.17

 Missing

(657)

(67.0)

       

Self-rated health

         

 Good

231

78.3

175

75.8

28

12.1

28

12.1

 

 Poor

64

21.7

39

60.9

7

10.9

18

28.1

0.007

 Missing

(685)

(69.9)