Table 1.
Sociodemographic characteristics of sexually active young people in Uganda 12 months prior to the survey
| Men 15–24 (N=1,516) | Women 15–24 (N=2,824) | |||
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| Characteristics | Did not pay for sex (N=1,437) n (%) |
Paid for sex (N=79) n (%) |
Received no gifts, favors, or money for sex (N=2,719) n (%) |
Received gifts, favors, or money for sex (N=105) n (%) |
| Age groups | ||||
| 15–19 | 459 (31.9) | 24 (30.8) | 915 (33.7) | 54 (51.4) |
| 20–24 | 978 (68.1) | 54 (69.2) | 1,804 (66.3) | 51 (48.6) |
| Area of residence | ||||
| Urban | 315 (21.9) | 17 (21.5) | 641 (23.6) | 22 (21.0) |
| Rural | 1,122 (78.1) | 62 (78.5) | 2,077 (76.4) | 83 (79.0) |
| Educational attainment | ||||
| >Primary school | 598 (41.6) | 26 (32.9) | 927 (34.1) | 20 (19.0) |
| ≤Primary school | 839 (58.4) | 53 (67.1) | 1,791 (65.9) | 85 (81.0) |
| Marital status | ||||
| Never married | 873 (60.8) | 48 (60.7) | 681 (25.0) | 46 (43.8) |
| Married | 501 (34.9) | 24 (30.4) | 1,830 (67.3) | 42 (40.0) |
| Divorced/widowed/separated | 63 (4.3) | 7 (8.9) | 208 (7.7) | 17 (16.2) |
| Employment status in past year | ||||
| Working | 1,177 (81.9) | 68 (86.1) | 1,785 (65.6) | 65 (62.5) |
| Not working | 260 (18.1) | 11 (13.9) | 934 (34.4) | 39 (37.5) |
| Household wealth index | ||||
| Richest two quintiles | 642 (44.7) | 38 (48.3) | 1,292 (47.5) | 49 (46.7) |
| Middle quintile | 265 (18.4) | 26 (32.9) | 459 (16.9) | 21 (20.0) |
| Poorest two quintiles | 530 (36.9) | 15 (18.8) | 968 (35.6) | 35 (33.3) |
| Religious affiliations | ||||
| Catholic | 590 (41.1) | 29 (37.2) | 1,055 (38.8) | 45 (42.9) |
| Protestant | 477 (33.2) | 33 (42.3) | 918 (33.8) | 41 (39.0) |
| Other Christians | 131 (9.1) | 7 (9.0) | 334 (12.3) | 8 (7.6) |
| Muslim | 226 (15.7) | 9 (11.5) | 394 (14.5) | 10 (9.5) |
| Other religion | 12 (0.9) | 0 (0.0) | 17 (0.6) | 1 (1.0) |
(All percentages are weighted).