Table 2 Results of Chi-square test for association between socio-demographic and HIV status (N = 14,779
Variables | HIV Status | Chi-square; P-value | |
|---|---|---|---|
Negative | Positive | ||
n (%) | n (%) | ||
Gender | χ2 = 60.894; p < 0.001 | ||
Male | 6543 (92.9%) | 499 (7.1%) | |
Female | 6904 (89.2%) | 833 (10.8%) | |
Age | χ2 = 647.472, p < 0.001 | ||
15–19 | 3333 (97.9%) | 73 (2.1%) | |
20–24 | 2862 (96.0%) | 120 (4.0%) | |
25–29 | 2031 (92.0%) | 176 (8.0%) | |
30–34 | 1742 (86.8%) | 265 (13.2%) | |
35–39 | 1461 (84.9%) | 259 (15.1%) | |
40–44 | 1013 (83.0%) | 208 (17.0%) | |
45–49 | 750 (82.0%) | 165 (18.0%) | |
50+ | 256 (79.5%) | 66 (20.5%) | |
Education | χ2 = 23.031, p < 0.001 | ||
No education | 1177 (87.8%) | 163 (12.2%) | |
Primary | 8092 (91.3%) | 774 (8.7%) | |
Secondary | 3678 (91.7%) | 332 (8.3%) | |
Post-Secondary | 499 (88.8%) | 63 (11.2%) | |
Marital status | χ2 = 448.486, p < 0.001 | ||
Never Married | 4230 (97.0%) | 129 (3.0%) | |
Currently Married | 8241 (89.8%) | 934 (10.2%) | |
Ever Marrieda | 976 (78.5%) | 268 (21.5%) | |
Religion | χ2 = 6.103, p = 0.192 | ||
Catholic | 2566 (91.9%) | 227 (8.1%) | |
Church of Central Africa Presbyterian. | 2369 (91.5%) | 220 (8.5%) | |
Other Protestant Christians | 6667 (90.5%) | 697 (9.5%) | |
Islam | 1606 (90.9%) | 161 (9.1%) | |
No religion/others | 238 (89.5%) | 28 (10.5%) | |
Age at first sex | χ2 = 139.621, p < 0.001 | ||
Never had sex/never had a partner | 1815 (98.2%) | 33 (1.8%) | |
< 16 | 4111 (89.2%) | 498 (10.8%) | |
16–17 | 2821 (90.4%) | 298 (9.6%) | |
18–19 | 2719 (90.4%) | 289 (9.6%) | |
20+ | 1981 (90.3%) | 214 (9.7%) | |
Recent Sexual activity | χ2 = 142.181, p < 0.001 | ||
Never had sex | 1815 (98.2%) | 33 (1.8%) | |
Active last 4 weeks | 7618 (90.5%) | 803 (9.5%) | |
Not active last 4 weeks | 4014 (89.0%) | 496 (11.0%) | |
Total number of lifetime sexual partners | χ2 = 390.753; p < 0.001 | ||
0 | 1815 (98.2%) | 33 (1.8%) | |
1 | 4081 (95.2%) | 204 (4.8%) | |
2 | 3045 (89.0%) | 378 (11.0%) | |
3–4 | 2710 (86.1%) | 437 (13.9%) | |
5–9 | 1262 (88.4%) | 165 (11.6%) | |
10+ | 490 (82.2%) | 106 (17.8%) | |
Undisclosed | 43 (84.3%) | 8 (15.7%) | |
Use condom for most recent sex | χ2 = 27.044, p < 0.001 | ||
No | 8269 (90.5%) | 869 (9.5%) | |
Yes | 1931 (89.6%) | 224 (10.4%) | |
Not had recent sex | 3247 (93.1%) | 240 (6.9%) | |
Extra marital/partner sexual partners | χ2 = 19.451, p < 0.001 | ||
None | 11,008 (90.8%) | 1120 (9.2%) | |
1 | 2129 (91.6%) | 196 (8.4%) | |
2+ | 310 (95.4%) | 15 (4.6%) | |
Undisclosed | 0 (0) | 1 (100.0%) | |
Had any STI last 12 months | χ2 = 62.122; p < 0.001 | ||
No | 13,134 (91.2%) | 1260 (8.8%) | |
Yes | 269 (79.1%) | 71 (20.9%) | |
Don’t Know | 44 (97.8%) | 1 (2.2%) | |
Household wealth index | χ2 = 63.130; p < 0.001 | ||
Poor | 5011 (92.7%) | 396 (7.3%) | |
Rich | 5298 (91.4%) | 500 (8.6%) | |
Richest | 3138 (87.8%) | 436 (12.2%) | |
Rural/urban Residence | χ2 = 144.740; p < 0.001 | ||
Urban | 2309 (85.0%) | 407 (15.0%) | |
Rural | 11,138 (92.3%) | 925 (7.7%) | |
Region | χ2 = 251.559; p < 0.001 | ||
Northern | 1710 (94.5%) | 100 (5.5%) | |
Central | 6005 (94.3%) | 363 (5.7%) | |
Southern | 5732 (86.8%) | 870 (13.2%) | |