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Table 2 Sexual behaviours by respondent’s sex and age category

From: Factors associated with prior engagement in high-risk sexual behaviours among adolescents (10–19 years) in a pastoralist post-conflict community, Karamoja sub-region, North eastern Uganda

Variable

Sex of respondent

P-value

Age category

 

All

Male, n (%)

Female, n (%)

 

10–14, n (%)

15–19, n (%)

p-value

N = 535 (37.2)

904 (62.8)

236 (16.4)

1203 (83.6)

 

Ever had sexa

Yes

274 (51.2)

611 (67.6)

0.001b

18 (7.6)

867 (72.1)

0.001b

No

261 (48.8)

293 (32.4)

 

218 (92.4)

336 (27.9)

 

Condom useb

Always

77 (28.1)

81 (13.2)

0.001b

3 (16.7)

155 (17.9)

0.989

Sometimes

83 (30.3)

116 (19.0)

 

4 (22.2)

195 (22.5)

 

Not at all

114 (41.6)

414 (67.8)

11 (61.1)

517 (59.6)

Multiple sexual partnersb

Yes

74 (27.0)

60 (9.8)

0.001b

3 (16.7)

131 (15.1)

0.855

No

200 (73.0)

551 (90.2)

 

15 (83.3)

736 (84.9)

 

Awareness of partner’s HIV-statusb

Yes

163 (59.5)

421 (68.9)

0.006b

4 (22.2)

580 (66.9)

0.001b

No

111 (40.5)

190 (31.1)

 

14 (77.8)

287 (33.1)

 

Transactional Sexb

Yes

9 (3.3)

12 (2.0)

0.233

0 (0)

21 (2.4)

0.504

No

265 (96.7)

599 (98.0)

 

18 (100)

846 (97.6)

 

Age of sex debut, mean(SD)b

14.9 (2.1)

15.0 (2.3)

0.618

11.9 (1.41)

15.1 (2.21)

0.001b

  1. a Among all interviewed (n = 1439), b Among those who have ever had sex (n = 885)