Table 1.
Socio‐demographic factors associated with ever giving, receiving or buying ART among persons living with HIV self‐reporting ART use in south‐central Uganda (N=2852).
| ART diversion (N=266) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Socio‐demographic factors | No ART diversion | Gave only | Received only | Gave and received | Bought | Any ART diversion | |
| (N=2586) | N=62 | N=54 | N=132 | N=18 | N=266 | p‐value* | |
| Age (years) | |||||||
| 15−24 | 154 (91.1%) | 5 (3.0%) | 4 (2.4%) | 5 (3.0%) | 1 (0.6%) | 15 (8.9%) | 0.073 |
| 25−34 | 862 (88.2%) | 25 (2.6%) | 20 (2.1%) | 63 (6.5%) | 7 (0.7%) | 115 (11.8%) | |
| 35−49 | 1570 (92.0%) | 32 (1.9%) | 30 (1.8%) | 64 (3.8%) | 10 (0.6%) | 136 (8.0%) | |
| Gender | |||||||
| Female | 1729 (92.6%) | 41 (2.2%) | 33 (1.8%) | 56 (3.0%) | 9 (0.5%) | 139 (7.4%) | <0.001 |
| Male | 857 (87.1%) | 21 (2.1%) | 21 (2.1%) | 76 (7.7%) | 9 (0.9%) | 127 (12.9%) | |
| Community of residence | |||||||
| Agrarian | 838 (94.9%) | 9 (1.0%) | 8 (0.9%) | 24 (2.7%) | 4 (0.5%) | 45 (5.1%) | <0.001 |
| Trading | 582 (92.8%) | 13 (2.1%) | 13 (2.1%) | 15 (2.4%) | 4 (0.6%) | 45 (7.2%) | |
| Fishing | 1166 (86.9%) | 40 (3.0%) | 33 (2.5%) | 93 (6.9%) | 10 (0.8%) | 176 (13.1%) | |
| Primary occupation | |||||||
| Agriculture/housework | 1008 (94.3%) | 15 (1.4%) | 10 (0.9%) | 33 (3.1%) | 3 (0.3%) | 61 (5.7%) | <0.001 |
| Bar/restaurant work | 231 (87.8%) | 9 (3.4%) | 8 (3.0%) | 12 (4.6%) | 3 (1.1%) | 32 (12.2%) | |
| Boda boda/trucking | 22 (88.0%) | 0 (0·0%) | 2 (8.0%) | 1 (4.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | 3 (12.0%) | |
| Fishing | 338 (80.5%) | 12 (2.9%) | 10 (2.4%) | 53 (12.6%) | 7 (1.7%) | 82 (19.5%) | |
| Student | 5 (100.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | |
| Trade/shop keeper | 495 (92.4%) | 10 (1.88%) | 9 (1.7%) | 18 (3.4%) | 4 (0.8%) | 41 (7.7%) | |
| Other | 487 (91.2%) | 16 (3.0%) | 15 (2.8%) | 15 (2.8%) | 1 (0.2%) | 47 (8.8%) | |
| Educational status | |||||||
| None | 479 (91.1%) | 12 (2.3%) | 11 (2.1%) | 21 (4.0%) | 3 (0.6%) | 47 (8.9%) | 0.240 |
| Primary | 1679 (90.2%) | 41 (2.2%) | 35 (1.9%) | 98 (5.3%) | 8 (0.4%) | 182 (9.8%) | |
| Secondary | 379 (91.6%) | 8 (1.9%) | 8 (1.9%) | 13 (3.1%) | 6 (1.5%) | 35 (8.5%) | |
| Tertiary | 49 (96.1%) | 1 (2.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | 1 (2.0%) | 2 (3.9%) | |
| Religion | |||||||
| Catholic | 1731 (90.5%) | 41 (2.1%) | 33 (1.7%) | 97 (5.1%) | 11 (0.6%) | 182 (9.5%) | 0.088 |
| Muslim | 304 (90.8%) | 8 (2.4%) | 9 (2.7%) | 13 (3.9%) | 1 (0.3%) | 31 (9.3%) | |
| Protestant | 435 (91.8%) | 11 (2.3%) | 5 (1.1%) | 17 (3.6%) | 6 (1.3%) | 39 (8.2%) | |
| Other | 116 (89.2%) | 2 (1.5%) | 7 (5.4%) | 5 (3.9%) | 0 (0.0%) | 14 (10.8%) | |
| Marital status | |||||||
| Never married | 149 (90.9%) | 5 (3.1%) | 4 (2.4%) | 5 (3.1%) | 1 (0.6%) | 15 (9.2%) | 0.230 |
| Married, monogamous union | 1237 (90.4%) | 27 (2.0%) | 25 (1.8%) | 74 (5.4%) | 6 (0.4%) | 132 (9.6%) | |
| Married, polygamous union | 321 (88.0%) | 11 (3.0%) | 6 (1.6%) | 22 (6.0%) | 5 (1.4%) | 44 (12.1%) | |
| Previously married | 879 (92.1%) | 19 (2.0%) | 19 (2.0%) | 31 (3.3%) | 6 (0.6%) | 75 (7.9%) | |
| Migration status | |||||||
| Recent in‐migrant | 368 (91.5%) | 7 (1.7%) | 10 (2.5%) | 14 (3.5%) | 3 (0.8%) | 34 (8.5%) | 0.600 |
| Pregnancy status (among women, N=1868) | |||||||
| Pregnant | 117 (90.0%) | 3 (2.3%) | 3 (2.3%) | 5 (3.9%) | 2 (1.5%) | 13 (10.0%) | 0.418 |
Note: No participants reported selling ART, so selling is not included in this table.
* p‐value for chi‐square test by ART diversion types, comparing any antiretroviral treatment (ART) diversion (gave only, received only, gave and received, bought or sold) to no ART diversion. All p‐values were two‐sided and p<0.05 was considered statistically significant.