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Table 2 Distribution of socio-economic and demographic factors by HIV testing status among sexually active men aged 15 – 54 across regions

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

Central

Eastern

Northern

Western

Ever tested

n (%)

Never tested

n (%)

Ever tested

n (%)

Never tested

n (%)

Ever tested

n (%)

Never tested

n (%)

Ever tested

n (%)

Never tested

n (%)

Ever tested

n (%)

Never tested

n (%)

Age

          

15 – 24

217 (74.3)

75 (25.7)

237 (68.2)

110 (31.8)

191 (76.2)

60 (23.8)

217 (67.6)

104 (32.4)

865 (71.3)

349 (28.7)

25 – 34

314 (87.0)

47 (13.0)

282 (78.7)

76 (21.3)

307 (93.0)

23 (7.0)

316 (87.8)

44 (12.2)

1222 (86.3)

193 (14.7)

35 – 44

187 (80.6)

45 (19.5)

226 (80.4)

55 (19.6)

178 (88.8)

23 (11.2)

213 (85.3)

37 (14.7)

802 (83.1)

164 (16.9)

45 – 54

97 (83.0)

20 (17.0)

130 (82.1)

28 (17.9)

114 (76.5)

35 (23.5)

123 (76.2)

38 (23.8)

457 (79.6)

117 (20.4)

 

χ2= 3.5524, p=0.0142

χ2= 4.2277, p≤0.0064

χ2= 11.8350, p≤0.001

χ2= 13.4259, p≤0.001

χ2= 21.4522, p≤0.001

Education level

          

No education

25 (53.9)

22 (46.1)

29 (61.9))

18 (38.1)

13 (33.3)

25 (66.7)

43 (71.5)

17 (28.5)

110 (57.7)

81(42.3)

Primary

338 (75.3)

111 (24.7)

441 (70.3)

187 (29.7)

430 (81.3)

99 (18.7)

507 (77.3)

150 (22.7)

1686 (75.7)

543 (24.4)

Secondary

261 (84.3)

48 (15.7)

294 (83.5)

58 (16.5)

195 (94.8)

11 (5.2)

219 (81.8)

49 (18.2)

981 (85.0)

173 (15.0)

Higher

191 (96.9)

6 (3.1)

110 (93.3)

8 (6.7)

153 (96.6)

5 (3.4)

99 (93.0)

7 (7.0)

568 (95.5)

27 (4.5)

 

χ2= 16.6242, p≤0.001

χ2= 11.0568, p≤0.001

χ2= 39.2516, p≤0.001

χ2= 5.1079, p=0.0018

χ2= 46.9833, p≤0.001

Residence

          

Urban

404 (88.0)

55 (12.0)

141 (80.9)

33 (19.1)

107 (89.2)

13 (10.8)

191 (80.0)

48 (20.0)

923 (85.3)

159 (14.7)

Rural

410 (75.7)

132 (24.3)

734 (75.6)

237 (24.4)

683 (84.3)

127 (15.7)

677 (79.5)

175 (20.5)

2423 (78.5)

665 (21.5)

 

χ2= 15.5287, p≤0.001

χ2= 1.0799, p=0.2991

χ2= 1.9159, p=0.1668

χ2= 0.0210, p=0.8848

χ2= 12.5572, p=0.004

Religious status

          

Catholics

311 (79.6)

80 (20.4)

225 (76.8)

68 (23.2)

486 (84.9)

86 (15.1)

337 (76.6)

103 (23.4)

1329 (79.9)

335 (20.1)

Anglican

230 (83.9)

44 (16.1)

371 (77.5)

108 (22.5)

200 (86.7)

31 (13.3)

375 (80.7)

90 (19.3)

1167 (81.2)

270 (18.8)

Muslim

153 (76.2)

48 (23.8)

153 (69.4)

68 (30.6)

44 (81.0)

10 (19.0)

53 (86.2)

9 (13.8)

429 (75.1)

142 (24.9)

Pentecostal

100 (88.3)

13 (11.7)

111 (83.0)

23 (17.0)

55 (90.6)

6 (9.4)

55 (85.2)

10 (14.8)

330 (86.3)

52 (13.7)

Others

20 (93.3)

2 (6.7)

15 (76.4)

5 (23.6)

5 (40.2)

7 (59.8)

48 (79.8)

12 (20.2)

90 (79.2)

24 (20.8)

 

χ2= 2.2809, p=0.0639

χ2=1.6889, p=0.1516

χ2= 4.1604, p=0.037

χ2= 1.0481, p=0.3765

χ2= 3.3290, p=0.0105

Wealth quintile

          

Poorest

19 (69.5)

8 (30.5)

178 (73.8)

63 (26.3)

343 (81.7)

77 (18.3)

50 (60.7)

32 (39.3)

517 (76.0)

163 (24.0)

Poorer

44 (62.4)

27 (37.6)

210 (74.9)

70 (25.1)

188 (86.3)

30 (13.7)

158 (76.9)

47 (23.1)

559 (76.7)

170 (23.3)

Middle

109 (71.0)

44 (29.0)

184 (71.1)

75 (28.9)

81 (83.1)

17 (16.9)

254 (81.0)

60 (19.0)

623 (75.8)

199 (24.2)

Richer

195 (74.5)

67 (25.5)

179 (82.9)

37 (17.1)

97 (88.6)

13 (11.4)

236 (79.7)

60 (20.3)

724 (79.4)

188 (20.6)

Richest

448 (91.6)

41 (8.4)

124 (83.1)

25 (16.9)

81 (94.6)

5 (5.4)

171 (87.9)

24 (12.1)

923 (90.0)

103 (10.0)

 

χ2= 12.0630, p≤0.001

χ2= 2.0527, p=0.0935

χ2= 2.1795, p=0.0725

χ2= 5.9923, p≤0.001

χ2= 13.5046, p≤0.001

Worked in the last 12 months

          

No

12 (57.0)

9 (43.0)

8 (49.0)

9 (51.0)

7 (55.8)

6 (44.2)

23 (67.3)

11 (32.7)

51 (59.2)

35 (40.8)

Yes

803 (81.9)

178 (18.1)

866 (76.8)

262 (23.2)

783 (85.4)

134 (14.6)

845 (80.0)

212 (20.0)

3294 (80.7)

788 (19.3)

 

χ2= 6.2645, p=0.0125

χ2= 6.0192, p=0.0144

χ2= 12.7655, p≤0.001

χ2= 1.7484, p=0.1865

χ2= 16.2038, p≤0.001

Marital status

          

Never married

229 (74.8)

77 (25.2)

148 (62.5)

89 (37.5)

128 (74.0)

45 (26.0)

155 (63.0)

91 (37.0)

687 (69.1)

307 (30.9)

Ever married

586 (84.2)

110 (15.8)

727 (80.0)

182 (20.0)

662 (87.4)

95 (12.6)

713 (84.4)

132 (15.6)

2658 (83.7)

516 (16.3)

 

χ2= 6.5313, p=0.0108

χ2= 16.1246, p≤0.001

χ2=12.7302, p≤0.001

χ2= 34.7689, p≤0.001

χ2= 53.1542, p≤0.001

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

          

No

717 (82.0)

158 (18.0)

831 (76.9)

249 (23.1)

781 (85.2)

136 (14.8)

800 (79.5)

206 (20.5)

3105 (80.0)

746 (19.4)

Yes

98 (77.0)

29 (23.0)

43 (66.9)

22 (33.1)

9 (68.7)

4 (31.3)

69 (80.7)

16 (19.3)

240 (75.7)

77 (24.3)

 

χ2= 1.4311, p=0.2320

χ2= 3.7218, p=0.0541

χ2= 2.7495, p=0.0977

χ2= 0.0388, p=0.8439

χ2= 3.2888, p=0.0702

Circumcised

          

No

369 (77.5)

107 (22.5)

379 (77.1)

113 (22.9)

606 (85.8)

100 (14.2)

473 (76.0)

149 (24.0)

1775 (79.1)

469 (20.9)

Yes

446 (84.8)

80 (15.2)

496 (75.9)

158 (24.1)

184 (82.2)

40 (17.8)

396 (84.3)

73 (15.7)

1570 (81.6)

354 (18.4)

 

χ2= 5.0290, p=0.0252

χ2= 0.1328, p=0.7157

χ2=1.0156, p=0.3139

χ2= 8.7932, p=0.0031

χ2= 2.4351, p=0.1191

Number of sexual partners in the last 12 months

          

No sexual partner

448 (81.8)

99 (18.2)

625 (79.0)

166 (21.0)

536 (86.2)

86 (13.8)

548 (82.0)

120 (18.0)

2126 (81.9)

469 (18.1)

1 sexual partner

281 (81.5)

64 18.5)

205 (69.7)

89 (30.3)

212 (83.2)

43 (16.8)

247 (79.0)

66 (21.0)

962 (78.5)

264 (21.5)

2 & above sexual partners

86 (78.4)

24 (21.6)

45 (73.9)

16 (26.1)

43 (78.2)

12 (21.8)

73 (66.5)

37 (33.5)

257 (74.1)

90 (25.9)

 

χ2= 0.2288, p=0.7738

χ2= 4.0041, p=0.0192

χ2= 1.3207, p=0.2672

χ2= 5.9696, p=0.0029

χ2= 5.3051, p=0.0054

  1. Weighted proportions; ever tested (ever tested for HIV); never tested (never tested for HIV).
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