Table 5.
Sensitivity analysis of all studies based on sex, marital status, educational status, and employment status.
| Groups | Number of studies (n) | Sample size | Combined Prevalence Rate (%) |
95%CI | P value | I² | P value of group difference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sex | Male | 3 | 111139 | 20.7 | 12.5-32.3 | < 0.001 | 99.596 | >0.05 |
| Female | 3 | 19755 | 20.8 | 16.1-26.5 | < 0.001 | 89.610 | ||
| Sexual orientation | Heterosexual | 3 | 26275 | 21.7 | 14.3-31.5 | < 0.001 | 96.801 | 0.006 |
| Non-heterosexual | 3 | 104646 | 32.1 | 27.1-37.5 | < 0.001 | 97.648 | ||
| Marital status | Single | 2 | 5109 | 20.1 | 11.9-31.9 | < 0.001 | 80.241 | >0.05 |
| Married | 2 | 581 | 14.1 | 11.5-17.2 | < 0.001 | 0.000 | ||
| Divorced/Widows/Others | 2 | 178 | 21.1 | 11.2-36.3 | 0.001 | 75.953 | ||
| Educational status | Primary and Secondary | 3 | 4035 | 21.3 | 13.9-31.1 | < 0.001 | 88.151 | >0.05 |
| Tertiary and Post-Tertiary | 3 | 3132 | 28.5 | 12.9-51.7 | 0.068 | 97.145 | ||
| Employment status | Employed | 2 | 3233 | 27.6 | 6.6-67.2 | 0.261 | 98.939 | >0.05 |
| Unemployed | 2 | 4448 | 22.0 | 12.4-35.8 | < 0.001 | 80.828 | ||