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Table 1 Community-level differences in HIV, STI, IPV and HIV/STI risk behaviors

From: Intimate partner violence, HIV and sexually transmitted infections in fishing, trading and agrarian communities in Rakai, Uganda

 

Fishing

Trading

Agrarian

P value

Age

 15 to 24 years

27.06 (1049)

36.72 (1989)

37.40 (2484)

< 0.001

 25 to 34 years

45.30 (1756)

36.28 (1965)

34.25 (2275)

 35 years and above

27.63 (1071)

26.99 (1462)

28.35 (1883)

Gender

 Males

51.7 (1959)

41.7 (2013)

43.7 (2559)

< 0.001

 Females

48.3 (1827)

58.3 (2814)

56.3 (3292)

Education

 No education

9.75 (378)

3.31 (179)

4.02 (267)

< 0.001

 Primary education

72.39 (2806)

56.42 (3055)

63.15 (4193)

 Secondary education

15.94 (618)

29.60 (1603)

27.38 (1818)

 High school and above

0.77 (30)

3.29 (178)

1.05 (70)

 Vocational/Professional

1.14 (44)

7.39 (400)

4.40 (292)

HIV Status

 Positive

42.3 (1599)

16.7 (806)

15.6 (911)

< 0.001

 Negative

57.7 (2184)

83.3 (4012)

84.4 (4930)

STI

34.3 (996)

15.9 (613)

16.3 (769)

< 0.001

Household Wealth

 High

25.49 (962)

70.96 (3839)

50.37 (3343)

< 0.001

 Middle

9.49 (358)

18.52 (1002)

37.22 (2470)

 Low

65.02 (2454)

10.52 (569)

12.42 (824)

Any Physical or Sexual IPV (Past year)

25.1 (894)

14.3 (624)

13.7 (731)

< 0.001

Condom use in past year

 Never used condom

39.0 (772)

40.6 (694)

41.5 (881)

< 0.001

 Sometimes used condom

36.5 (722)

30.3 (518)

30.4 (646)

 Always used condom

24.5 (485)

29.1 (498)

28.1 (598)

Multiple sexual partners: Past 12 months

44.1 (1570)

21.1 (910)

21.6 (1138)

< 0.001

Recent partner was a casual partner

5.87 (222)

2.48 (113)

2.52 (139)

< 0.001

Partner’s multiple sexual relationships: Past year

57.1 (765)

52.9 (861)

46.5 (940)

< 0.001

Alcohol use before sex

39.7 (1502)

23.7 (1078)

26.8 (1479)

< 0.001

Partner’s alcohol use before sex

40.6 (1537)

28.8 (1313)

32.6 (1796)

< 0.001

Perceived likelihood of partner being exposed to HIV

 -Very likely or somewhat likely

82.1 (3075)

74.1 (3366)

74.3 (4088)

< 0.001

Number of partners outside the community: Past 12 months

 One partner

24.5 (867)

26.2 (1129)

22.5 (1182)

< 0.001

 Two or more partners

10.7 (379)

5.34 (230)

5.17 (272)