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Table 1 Lifetime HIV testing history, socio-economic and demographic characteristics of sexually active men (15 – 54 years) across regions of Uganda

From: Socio-economic and demographic factors associated with never having tested for HIV among sexually active men across the four administrative regions of Uganda

Characteristics

Regions

Uganda

(n=4,168)

Central

(n=1,002)

Eastern

(n=1,145)

Northern

(n=930)

Western

(n=1,091)

 

n

%

n

%

n

%

n

%

n

%

HIV testing status

          

Never tested

187

18.7

271

23.6

140

15.1

223

20.4

823

19.8

Ever tested

815

81.3

875

76.4

790

84.9

868

79.6

3345

80.2

Age

          

15 – 24

292

29.2

348

30.4

250

26.9

321

29.4

1214

29.1

25 – 34

361

36.0

358

31.3

331

35.5

360

33.0

1415

33.9

35 – 44

232

23.2

281

24.6

200

21.5

249

22.8

966

23.2

45 – 54

116

11.6

158

13.8

149

16.0

161

14.8

574

13.8

Education level

          

No education

47

4.6

46

4.0

38

4.0

59

5.4

191

4.6

Primary

449

44.8

628

54.8

528

56.8

658

60.3

2228

53.5

Secondary

309

30.9

353

30.8

205

22.1

268

24.6

1154

27.7

Higher

197

19.7

118

10.3

159

17.1

106

9.7

595

14.3

Residence

          

Urban

460

45.9

174

15.2

120

12.9

239

21.9

1081

25.9

Rural

542

54.1

971

84.8

810

87.1

852

78.1

3087

74.1

Religious status

          

Catholic

391

39.1

330.

25.5

573

61.5

440

40.3

1664

39.9

Anglican

274

27.4

478

41.8

231

24.8

464

42.6

1437

34.5

Muslim

202

20.1

221

19.3

55

5.9

62

5.7

572

13.7

Pentecostal

113

11.2

134

11.7

60

6.5

65

5.9

382

9.2

Others

22

2.2

20

1.7

12

1.3

60

5.5

114

2.7

Wealth quintile

          

Poorest

27

2.7

241

21.0

420

45.1

82

7.5

681

16.3

Poorer

71

7.1

281

24.5

218

23.4

205

18.8

729

17.5

Middle

154

15.3

258

22.6

97

10.5

314

28.7

821

19.7

Richer

261

26.1

216

18.9

109

11.7

296

27.1

912

21.9

Richest

489

48.8

149

13.0

86

9.3

195

17.8

1025

24.6

Worked in the last 12 months

          

No

21

2.1

17

1.5

13

1.4

34

3.1

87

2.1

Yes

981

97.9

1128

98.5

917

98.6

1057

96.9

4081

97.9

Marital status

          

Never married

307

30.6

237

20.7

173

18.6

246

22.6

994

23.8

Ever married

695

69.4

908

79.3

757

81.4

845

77.4

3174

76.2

Ever given gifts or other goods to have sex in the last 12 months

          

No

875

87.3

1080

94.3

917

98.6

1006

92.2

3851

92.4

Yes

127

12.7

65

5.7

14

1.4

85

7.8

317

7.6

Circumcised

          

No

476

47.5

492

42.9

706

75.9

622

57.0

2243

53.8

Yes

526

52.5

653

57.1

224

24.1

469

43.0

1925

46.2

Number of sexual partners in the last 12 months

          

No sexual partner

548

54.6

791

69.1

621

66.8

669

61.3

2595

62.3

1 sexual partner

345

34.4

293

25.6

254

27.3

313

28.7

1226

29.4

2 & above sexual partners

110

11.0

61

5.3

54

5.8

109

10.0

347

8.3

  1. Appropriate weights were used for the analyses.