Table 2 HIV prevalence by selected socio-behavior characteristics, stratified by sex, among 789a youth from Kasensero fishing community, Rakai district
Variable | Female (N = 431) | Male (N = 358) | P-value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Total | n (%) | Total | n (%) | ||
Community | <0.001 | ||||
Kyebe | 85 | 4 (4.7) | 70 | 2 (2.8) | |
Gwanda | 46 | 4 (8.7) | 27 | 4 (14.8) | |
Kasensero | 300 | 104 (34.4) | 261 | 37 (14.1) | |
Education | 0.042 | ||||
Uneducated | 289 | 81 (28.0) | 262 | 32 (12.2) | |
Primary | 111 | 19 (17.1) | 80 | 9 (11.3) | |
Post-primary | 31 | 12 (38.7) | 16 | 2 (12.5) | |
Occupation | 0.032 | ||||
Business | 140 | 47 (33.6) | 69 | 6 (8.7) | |
Fishing | 1 | 0 (0.0) | 101 | 21 (20.8) | |
Other occupationb | 290 | 65 (22.4) | 188 | 16 (8.5) | |
Marital status | <0.001 | ||||
Married | 261 | 76 (29.1) | 90 | 22 (24.4) | |
Unmarried | 170 | 36 (21.2) | 268 | 21 (7.8) | |
Number of sexual partners in the past 12 months | <0.001 | ||||
0 | 57 | 3 (5.3) | 108 | 0 (0.0) | |
1 | 305 | 72 (23.6) | 124 | 20 (16.1) | |
2+ | 69 | 37 (53.6) | 126 | 23 (18.3) | |
Religion | 0.662 | ||||
Catholic | 272 | 74 (27.2) | 242 | 31 (12.8) | |
Protestant | 53 | 12 (22.6) | 40 | 7 (17.5) | |
Muslim | 70 | 19 (27.1) | 54 | 4 (7.4) | |
Other religionc | 36 | 7 (19.4) | 22 | 1 (4.6) | |
Illicit drug use | 0.675 | ||||
Yes | 3 | 2 (67.0) | 27 | 3 (11.1) | |
No | 428 | 110 (25.7) | 331 | 40 (12.1) | |
Gift for sex | 0.021 | ||||
Yes | 6 | 2 (33.3) | 14 | 6 (42.9) | |
No | 398 | 106 (26.6) | 339 | 35 (10.3) | |
Alcohol before sex | 0.070 | ||||
Yes | 4 | 1 (25.0) | 12 | 5 (41.7) | |
No | 400 | 107 (26.8) | 341 | 36 (10.6) | |