HIV epidemic and cascade of care in 12 east African rural fishing communities: results from a population-based survey in Uganda

Table 2 HIV prevalence in study population groups, by sex

	Total (N = 1738)		Women (N = 959)		Men (N = 779)
	n	%	n	%	n	%	P-value
All HIV-positive	305	17.6	200	20.9	105	13.5	< 0.001
Age
15–24 years old	33	5.6	30	8.2	3	1.4	0.001
25–44 years old	210	24.7	143	31.2	67	17.1	< 0.001
45–69 years old	62	20.5	27	20.3	35	20.7	0.93
Marital status
Single	15	4.6	12	7.7	3	1.8	0.01
Married/In union	223	19.9	133	22.7	90	16.9	0.02
Divorced/Separated/ Widowed	67	22.8	55	25.5	12	15.4	0.07
Place of current residence
Kasese	142	17.4	98	21.2	44	12.4	0.001
Rubirizi	38	28.2	19	27.9	19	28.4	0.96
Kamwenge	43	22.5	32	27.4	11	14.9	0.04
Other	9	26.5	7	31.8	2	16.7	0.34
Time living in the landing site
Always	73	13.0	44	15.2	29	10.7	0.12
< = 6 years	113	18.5	85	22.9	28	11.7	0.001
> 6 years	112	21.7	64	24.2	48	19.0	0.15
Visitor	7	14.0	7	21.2	–		–
Time slept away from home
Never slept away	139	16.0	97	18.8	42	11.9	0.007
< =3 Months	128	19.5	90	24.7	38	13.1	< 0.001
> 3 Months	38	17.6	13	16.5	25	18.3	0.74
Occupation
Fishing	88	18.7	3	18.8	85	18 .7	0.99
Sales and service worker	90	19.4	82	24.2	8	6.4	< 0.001
Farmer	50	23.4	44	27.9	6	10.7	0.009
Housewive	44	18.3	44	18.3	–	–	–
Student	1	0.9	1	2.0	–	–	–
None	19	20.0	18	22.5	1	6.7	0.16
Salt miners	8	9.1	6	10.9	2	6.1	0.44
Other^a	5	9.6	2	9.5	3	9.7	0.99
Condom use
Always	28	31.8	18	40.9	10	22.7	0.07
Never or sometimes	277	16.8	182	19.9	95	12.9	< 0.001
Male circumcision
Yes					56	8.9
No					49	32.2

^aOther includes: Soldier, police, factory worker, clerical, professional manager

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