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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2008 May 5.
Published in final edited form as: Afr J Reprod Health. 2007;11(3):168–181.

TABLE 3.

Distribution of Independent Variables by sex and risky behavior status, among those who have ever heard of AIDS, Uganda, National Survey of Adolescents, 2004

Variables Not engaged in risky behavior Engaged in risky behavior

Female (N=2376) Male (N=2220) Total (N=4596) Female (N=177) Male (N=262) Total (N=439)
Worried about getting HIV/AIDS
Very worried 68.8 51.0 60.2 77.1 56.9 65.0
Somewhat worried 7.4 11.4 9.3 8.0 15.6 12.6
Not worried 23.6 36.3 29.7 14.9 27.1 22.2
Don’t know 0.3 1.2 0.7 0.0 0.4 0.2
Perceived at risk
Great 49.7 42.5 46.2 52.5 54.2 53.5
Moderate 12.1 12.8 12.4 15.8 13.7 14.6
Small 13.7 17.8 15.7 14.1 17.2 15.9
No chance at all 19.6 19.4 19.5 12.4 11.1 11.6
Has HIV 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Don’t know 4.8 7.6 6.1 5.1 3.8 4.3
Want to be tested for AIDS virus
Yes 64.7 70.1 67.3 76.5 77.8 77.3
No 35.0 29.5 32.3 23.5 21.8 22.4
Don’t Know 0.3 0.4 0.3 0.0 0.4 0.3
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

Lim ited to those who have never been tested and who knows that a person can be tested. Sample sizes are: Not engaged in risky behavior, female (N=1994); Not engaged in risky behavior, male (N=1877); Engaged in risky behavior, female (N=136); Engaged in risky behavior, male (N=243). Notes: Ns are weighted.