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Table 2 Participant Characteristics. Frequency data from self-reported survey responses from UEM student-participants

From: Explaining utilization of HIV prevention and testing services among university students in Mozambique: results from a mixed methods study

Total Participants N = 501

Characteristic

Total, n (%)

Male, n (%)

Female, n (%)

Gender

501 (100)

254 (51)

247 (49)

Age in years, mean (SD)

22.7 (4.2)

23.2 (4.1)

22.1 (4.1)

Region of Origin

 Northern

61 (12.2)

39 (15.4)

22 (8.9)

 Central

41 (8.2)

30 (11.8)

11 (4.4)

 Southern (excl. Maputo)

59 (11.8)

36 (14.1)

23 (9.3)

 Maputo

335 (66.9)

145 (57.1)

190 (76.9)

 Other

28 (5.6)

20 (7.8)

8 (3.2)

Religion

 Catholic

198 (39.5)

95 (37.4)

103 (41.7)

 Evangelical

125 (25.0)

52 (20.5)

73 (29.6)

 Protestant

42 (8.4)

22 (8.7)

20 (8.1)

 Muslim

31 (6.2)

16 (6.3)

15 (6.1)

 Pentecostal

11 (2.2)

7 (2.8)

4 (1.6)

 Other

65 (13.0)

36 (14.2)

29 (11.7)

 None

29 (5.8)

26 (10.2)

3 (1.2)

Marital status

 Single

471 (94.0)

243 (95.7)

228 (92.3)

 Married

30 (6.0)

11 (4.3)

19 (7.7)

Ever sexually active

430 (85.8)

234 (92.1)

196 (79.4)

Sexual identity

 Heterosexual

410 (81.8)

219 (86.2)

191 (77.3)

 Homosexual

13 (2.6)

11 (4.3)

2 (0.8)

 No history of relationships

77 (15.4)

24 (9.5)

53 (21.5)

 Other

1 (0.2)

0 (0)

1 (0.4)

Number of sexual partners in last 6 months, mean (SD)

1.6 (2.0)

1.9 (2.6)

1.1 (0.8)

Used a condom with last sexual encounter, n (% sexually active participants)

319 (74.2)

185 (79.1)

134 (68.4)

Ever had an HIV test

398 (79.4)

193 (76.0)

205 (83.0)

If yes, number of lifetime HIV tests

 1

 

54 (28.0)

50 (24.3)

 2–4

 

93 (48.1)

87 (42.4)

 > 4

 

46 (23.8)

68 (33.1)

Had an HIV test within past 12 months, n (% sexually active participants)

276 (64.2)

127 (54.3)

149 (76.0)

Have utilized sex workers for sex, n (% sexually active participants)

41 (9.5)

41 (17.5)

0 (0)

K-18 score, mean (SD)

12.7 (3.0)

12.8 (3.1)

12.7 (2.9)