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Table 2 Level of drinking and risky sexual behaviour at Kisenyi and Kigungu fish landing sites

From: Alcohol consumption and risky sexual behaviour in the fishing communities: evidence from two fish landing sites on Lake Victoria in Uganda

Drinking and sexual behaviour indicators

All n (%)

Fishermen n (%)

Traders n (%)

Service providers n (%)

p-value†

MEN

     

Drinking††

     

Drinks alcohol

186(61.0)

96(65.8)

47(52.8)

43(61.4)

0.14

Drinks 2+ times a week

104(55.9)

62(64.6)

19(40.4)

23(53.5)

0.03

Got drunk in past 30 days

116(62.4)

74(77.1)

20(42.6)

22(51.2)

<0.001

AUDIT score>7

112(60.2)

67(69.8)

23(48.9)

22(51.2)

0.02

Drinks any day

128(68.8)

68(70.8)

33(70.2)

27(62.8)

0.81

Drinks anytime

60(32.3)

33(34.4)

13(27.7)

14(32.6)

0.70

Drinks for 3+ hours on a typical day

111(59.7)

70(72.9)

23(48.9)

18(41.9)

0.002

Sexual behaviour (sexually active men)

     

Had >1 sexual partners in past 12mns

144(49.7)

77(53.5)

38(45.8)

29(46.0)

0.57

Had transactional sex in past 12mns

82(28.3)

48(33.3)

17(20.5)

17(27.0)

0.11

Had non-regular partner at last sex

60(20.7)

32(22.2)

16(19.3)

12(19.1)

0.81

Had unprotected sex in non-spousal relationship at last sex

91(62.8)

44(58.7)

23(67.7)

24(66.7)

0.50

All men

305(100)

146(100.0)

89(100)

70(100.0)

 

WOMEN

     

Drinking††

     

Drinks alcohol

75(44.1)

--

38(37.3)

37(54.4)

0.03

Drinks 2+ times a week

38(50.7)

--

11(29.0)

27(73.0)

<0.001

Got drank in past 30 days

39(52.0)

--

14(36.8)

25(67.6)

<0.001

AUDIT score>7

41(54.7)

--

15(39.5)

26(70.3)

0.007

Drinks any day

51(68.0)

--

23(60.5)

28(75.7)

0.18

Drinks anytime

25(33.3)

--

7(18.4)

18(48.7)

0.004

Drinks for 3+ hours on a typical day

35(46.7)

--

19(50.0)

16(43.2)

0.84

Sexual behaviour

 

--

   

Had >1 sexual partners in past 12mns

54(33.3)

--

21(21.2)

33(52.4)

<0.001

Had transactional sex in past 12mns

41(25.3)

--

17(17.2)

24(38.1)

0.003

Had non-regular partner at last sex

34(21.0)

--

13(13.0)

21(22.2)

0.002

Had unprotected sex in non-spousal relationship at last sex †††

39(59.1)

--

22(73.3)

17(47.2)

0.03

All women

170(100)

--

31(100)

36(100)

 
  1. ††All questions that follow exposure to alcohol consumption apply to drinkers only. †Chi-sq p-value. mns means months ††† for only those that had non-spousal relationship at last sex.