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Table 1 Demographic and socio-behavioral characteristics of 792 youth by community in Kasensero fishing communities

From: HIV prevalence and uptake of HIV/AIDS services among youths (15–24 Years) in fishing and neighboring communities of Kasensero, Rakai District, South Western Uganda

Variables

Kasensero

Gwanda

Kyebe

P – Value

N = 564 (%)

N = 73 (%)

N = 155 (%)

Gender

0.310

 Female

302 (54.0)

46 (63.0)

85 (55.0)

 

 Male

262 (46.0)

27 (37.0)

70 (45.0)

 

Education

0.002

 Uneducated

403 (71.4)

49 (67.1)

100 (64.5)

 

 Primary

120 (21.3)

19 (26.0)

53 (34.2)

 

 Post-primary

41 (7.3)

5 (7.0)

2 (1.3)

 

Religion

<0.001

 Catholic

329 (58.3)

58 (79.4)

128 (83.0)

 

 Protestant

80 (14.2)

7 (10.0)

7 (4.5)

 

 Muslim

108 (19.2)

4 (5.0)

13 (8.4)

 

 Other religiona

47 (8.3)

4 (5.5)

7 (4.5)

 

Occupation

<0.001

 Business

174 (30.9)

18 (24.7)

18 (11.6)

 

 Fishing

98 (17.4)

3 (4.1)

1 (0.7)

 

 Other occupationb

292 (51.8)

52 (71.2)

136 (87.7)

 

Marital status

<0.001

 Married

271 (48.0)

32 (44.0)

48 (31.0)

 

 Not married

293 (52.0)

41 (56.0)

107 (69.0)

 

Number of sexual partners in the past 12 months

<0.001

 0

77 (14.0)

20 (27.4)

68 (44.0)

 

 1

312 (55.3)

46 (63.0)

73 (47.1)

 

 2+

175 (31.0)

7 (9.6)

14 (9.0)

 

Illicit Drug use

0.023

 Yes

28 (5.0)

1 (1.4)

1 (1.0)

 

 No

536 (95.0)

72 (99.0)

154 (99.0)

 

Gift for sex

0.060

 Yes

19 (3.5)

1 (2.0)

0 (0.0)

 

 No

532 (96.5)

65 (98.5)

143 (100)

 

Alcohol before sex

0.008

 Yes

15 (3.0)

1 (2.0)

0 (0.0)

 

 No

536 (97.3)

65 (98.5)

143 (100)

 
  1. aOther religion includes Adventists and Saved/Born-again; bOther occupation includes agriculture for home use and commercial, transport, security officer, government worker, students and bar workers