Table 2.
Sexual behaviors and HIV status 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 (%) |
| Life time number of sexual partners | ||||
| ≤2 partners | 595 (41.4) | 8 (10.1) | 2,047 (75.3) | 52 (49.5) |
| 3–5 partners | 549 (38.2) | 19 (24.1) | 624 (22.9) | 40 (38.1) |
| >5 partners | 294 (20.4) | 52 (65.8) | 48 (1.8) | 13 (12.4) |
| Multiple and concurrent sexual partnerships in the past 12 months | ||||
| <2 partners | 1,143 (79.6) | 28 (35.9) | 2,605 (95.8) | 76 (72.4) |
| ≥2 partners but not concurrent | 110 (7.7) | 15 (19.2) | 35 (1.3) | 13 (12.4) |
| ≥2 partners and concurrent | 183 (12.7) | 35 (44.9) | 79 (2.9) | 16 (15.2) |
| Age at sexual debut | ||||
| ≥15 | 1,194 (83.1) | 51 (64.6) | 2,231 (82.1) | 68 (64.8) |
| <15 | 243 (16.9) | 28 (35.4) | 488 (17.9) | 37 (35.2) |
| Condom use at the last sexual activity with the recent partner | ||||
| Yes | 966 (67.2) | 51 (65.4) | 2,306 (84.8) | 82 (78.1) |
| No | 471 (32.8) | 27 (34.6) | 413 (15.2) | 23 (21.9) |
| Sexual coerciona | ||||
| No | 442 (89.7) | 20 (71.4) | 751 (77.6) | 21 (63.6) |
| Yes | 51 (10.3) | 8 (28.6) | 217 (22.4) | 12 (36.4) |
| HIV status | ||||
| Negative | 1,375 (98.0) | 66 (83.5) | 2,490 (94.0) | 92 (88.5) |
| Positive | 28 (2.0) | 12 (15.2) | 160 (6.0) | 12 (11.5) |
| Condom use at the last sexual activity with transactional partner | ||||
| Yes | – | 41 (68.0) | – | 53 (51.0) |
| No | – | 20 (32.0) | – | 52 (49.0) |
All percentages are weighted.
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Data include respondents questioned about sexual coercion (n=522 men and n=1,010 women).