Table 1.
Comparison of refugee/asylum seeker and Ugandan national participants
| Refugees/Asylum Seekers N=3,622 (%) |
Ugandan Nationals N=1,891 (%) |
P-value | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Age, mean (SD) | 31.7 (11) | 33.1 (11) | <0.001 |
| Sex | <0.001 | ||
| Female | 1896 (52) | 1103 (58) | |
| Male | 1723 (48) | 787 (42) | |
| Site Name | <0.001 | ||
| Nakivale Health Center | 2104 (58) | 661 (35) | |
| Juru Health Center | 931 (26) | 460 (24) | |
| Kibengo Health Center | 586 (16) | 770 (41) | |
| Country of Origin | <0.001 | ||
| Democratic Republic of the Congo | 1305 (36) | N/A | |
| Rwanda | 1183 (33) | N/A | |
| Burundi | 934 (26) | N/A | |
| Uganda | 146 (4) | N/A | |
| Other * | 54 (1) | N/A | |
| Live in Nakivale | <0.001 | ||
| Yes | 3479 (96) | 890 (47) | |
| No | 140 (4) | 1000 (53) | |
| Years living in Nakivale | <0.001 | ||
| <1 year | 379 (11) | 147 (17) | |
| 1–5 years | 1117 (32) | 190 (22) | |
| 5+ years | 1954 (57) | 547 (62) | |
| Relationship Status | <0.001 | ||
| Married/Living Together | 1756 (49) | 1274 (67) | |
| Divorced/Separated/Widowed | 906 (25) | 391 (21) | |
| Single | 949 (26) | 226 (12) | |
| Education | <0.001 | ||
| No school | 863 (24) | 317 (17) | |
| Some primary | 1751 (48) | 1044 (55) | |
| Completed primary | 223 (6) | 231 (12) | |
| More than primary | 783 (22) | 297 (16) | |
| Prior HIV Testing | <0.001 | ||
| Never Tested | 421 (12) | 143 (8) | |
| Previously Tested | 3182 (88) | 1739 (92) | |
| Minutes to HIV clinic, mean (SD) | 46 (44) | 92 (82) | <0.001 |
| Years planning to remain in Nakivale | <0.001 | ||
| Less than or equal to 5 years | 109 (3) | 71 (8) | |
| > 5 years | 84 (2) | 44 (5) | |
| No plan to leave | 566 (16) | 430 (48) | |
| No answer | 2716 (78) | 342 (39) | |
| Travel away from Nakivale (≥1 month in last year) | 0.003 | ||
| Yes | 919 (27) | 280 (32) | |
| No | 2535 (73) | 605 (68) | |
| Reason for being away? | 0.015 | ||
| Employment | 485 (53) | 140 (50) | |
| Trade | 139 (15) | 43 (15) | |
| Family | 218 (24) | 82 (29) | |
| School | 30 (3) | 4 (1) | |
| Health | 26 (3) | 6 (2) | |
| Other † | 20 (2) | 5 (2) |
SD = standard deviation
*
Other included: Kenya, Somalia, Sudan, South Sudan, Ethiopia
†
Other included: political, military, jail, holiday, other