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. 2014 Jan 16;11:7. doi: 10.1186/1742-4755-11-7

Table 1.

Prevalence of socio-demographic factors, alcohol consumption, mental health, and sexual coercion among Ugandan university students

 
 
All
Male
Female
χ 2
 
 
n (%)
n (%)
n (%)
p 1
    1954 (%) 1087 (%) 867 (%)  
Age
≤22
1042 (55.5)
521 (49.6)
521 (63.1)
< .001
 
>22
835 (44.5)
530 (50.4)
305 (36.9)
 
 
Missing
77
36
41
 
Area of growing up
Urban
1067 (55.1)
551 (51.2)
516 (60.1)
< .001
 
Rural
869 (44.9)
526 (48.8)
343 (39.9)
 
 
Missing
18
10
8
 
Educational level of head of the household
>Primary education
1382 (72.7)
730 (68.9)
652 (77.5)
< .001
≤Primary education
518 (27.3)
329 (31.1)
189 (22.5)
 
 
Missing
54
28
26
 
Importance of religion
Major
1232 (63.5)
650 (60.3)
582 (67.5)
.001
 
Minor
708 (36.5)
428 (39.7)
280 (32.5)
 
 
Missing
14
9
5
 
Mental health
Good mental health
920 (50.4)
549 (54.5)
371 (45.5)
< .001
 
Poor mental health
904 (49.6)
459 (45.5)
445 (54.5)
 
 
Missing
130
79
51
 
Experience of sexual coercion
No
1130 (72.4)
665 (77.5)
456 (66.1)
< .001
Yes
431 (27.6)
193 (22.5)
238 (33.9)
 
 
Missing
393
229
164
 
Early experience of sexual coercion2
No
1386 (88.8)
766 (89.3)
620 (88.2)
.519
Yes
175 (11.2)
92 (10.7)
83 (11.8)
 
 
Missing
393
229
164
 
Recent experience of sexual coercion2
No
1305 (83.6)
757 (88.2)
548 (78.0)
< .001
Yes
256 (16.4)
101 (11.8)
155 (22.0)
 
 
Missing
393
229
164
 
Alcohol consumed in the past 12 months
Abstainers
1017 (56.2)
514 (49.9)
503 (64.5)
< .001
Infrequent users
632 (34.9)
403 (39.1)
229 (29.4)
 
 
Frequent users
161 (8.9)
113 (11.0)
48 (6.2)
 
 
Missing
144
57
87
 
Heavy episodic drinking (HED)
Abstainers
1017 (58.0)
514 (51.9)
503 (66.1)
< .001
 
Seldom HED
530 (30.3)
326 (32.9)
204 (26.8)
 
 
Frequent HED
205 (11.7)
151 (15.2)
54 (7.1)
 
 
Missing
202
96
106
 
Alcohol on latest occasion of sexual intercourse3,4
No
360 (72.9)
227 (70.7)
133 (76.9)
.168
Yes
134 (27.1)
94 (29.3)
40 (23.1)
 
Missing
96
67
29
 
Alcohol consumption on the occasion of sexual intercourse3,4 Seldom users
391 (79.0)
245 (76.6)
146 (83.4)
.084
Frequent users
104 (21.0)
75 (23.4)
29 (16.6)
 
Missing 95 68 27  

1p value analysed in the table is based on sex.

2Only analyzed for those individuals who had experienced sexual coercion.

3Only analyzed for those who have consumed alcohol.

4Only analyzed for individuals who had had sexual intercourse.