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Table 2 Bivariate analysis for sociodemographic factors associated with willingness of PrEP in a fishing community

From: Factors associated with willingness to use oral pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) in a fisher-folk community in peri-urban Kampala, Uganda

Characteristic

Total

Willingness to use PrEP

Crude PR

P-value

Unwilling

Willing

[95% CI]

Age

 18–39 (Young adult)

232

200 (86.2)

32 (13.8)

1.00

 

 40–62 (Middle aged)

51

28 (54.9)

23 (45.1)

0.64 [0.49–0.82]

0.001**

Location

 Semi-urban

271

48 (17.7)

223 (82.3)

1.00

 

 Rural

12

7 (58.3)

5 (41.7)

0.51 [0.26–0.99]

0.047*

Education

 None

39

23 (59.0)

16 (41.0)

1.00

 

 Primary

89

15 (16.9)

74 (83.2)

2.03 [1.37–2.99]

< 0.001**

 Secondary

145

17 (11.7)

128 (88.3)

2.15 [1.47–3.15]

< 0.001**

 Tertiary

10

0

10 (100)

2.44 [1.67–3.55]

< 0.001**

Employment status

 Not employed

49

8 (16.3)

41 (83.7)

1.00

 

 Employed

234

47 (20.1)

187 (79.9)

0.96 [0.83–1.10]

0.519

Marital status

 Not married

137

27 (19.7)

110 (80.3)

1.00

 

 Married/in a casual relationship

146

28 (19.2)

118 (80.8)

1.01 [0.90–1.13]

0.911

Gender

 Male

229

39 (17.0)

190 (83.0)

1.00

 

 Female

54

16 (29.6)

38 (70.4)

0.85 [0.71–1.02]

0.078

HIV status awareness

 No

76

16 (21.1)

60 (79.0)

1.00

 

 Yes

207

39 (18.8)

168 (81.2)

1.03 [0.90–1.17]

0.685

HIV test in the past 6 months

 Yes

102

8 (7.8)

94 (92.2)

1.24 [1.12–1.38]

< 0.001**

Self-reported HIV status

 Negative

188

18 (9.6)

170 (90.4)

1.00

 

 Positive

18

16 (88.9)

2 (11.1)

0.12 [0.03–0.46]

0.002*

 Not-aware

77

21 (27.3)

56 (72.7)

0.80 [0.70–0.93]

0.003*

Condom use

 Always

50

4 (8.0)

46 (92.0)

1.00

 

 Sometimes

125

23 (18.4)

102 (81.6)

0.89 [0.79–1.01]

0.044*

 Never

80

28 (25.9)

80 (74.1)

0.81 [0.70–0.92]

0.002*

HIV risk perception

 Yes

247

32 (13.0)

215 (87.0)

2.41 [1.56–3.74]

< 0.001**

HIV infection concern

 Not really

36

27 (75.0)

9 (25.0)

1.00

 

 Yes

182

13 (7.1)

169 (92.9)

3.71 [2.10–6.56]

< 0.001**

 Sometimes

65

15 (23.1)

50 (76.9)

3.08 [1.72–5.51]

< 0.001**

PrEP awareness

 Yes

153

22 (14.4)

131 (85.6)

1.15 [1.02–1.29]

0.024*

  1. HIV status, HIV infection concern, and condom use were dropped at multivariate due to multicollinearity