Table 1.
Distribution of sample (15-24 year old) by background characteristics.
| Background characteristics | Men | Women | Total | Mean | SD | SE | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % | N. | % | N. | % | N. | ||||
| HIV | 0.0369 | 0.1885 | 0.0021 | ||||||
| Yes | 2.1 | 73 | 4.9 | 220 | 3.7 | 7661 | |||
| No | 97.9 | 3377 | 95.1 | 4284 | 96.3 | 293 | |||
| Sex | 1.57 | 0.496 | 0.006 | ||||||
| Men | 43.4 | 3450 | |||||||
| Women | 56.6 | 4504 | |||||||
| Age group in 5 years | 1.44 | 0.497 | 0.006 | ||||||
| 15-19 | 59.6 | 2055 | 53.1 | 2393 | 55.9 | 4448 | |||
| 20-24 | 40.4 | 1395 | 46.9 | 2111 | 44.1 | 3506 | |||
| Place of residence | 1.77 | 0.419 | 0.005 | ||||||
| Urban | 21.0 | 724 | 24.0 | 1082 | 22.7 | 1806 | |||
| Rural | 79.0 | 2726 | 76.0 | 3422 | 77.3 | 6148 | |||
| Marital status | 0.3959 | 0.5776 | 0.0065 | ||||||
| Never in union | 82.6 | 2848 | 51.8 | 2332 | 65.1 | 5180 | |||
| Married and living with partner | 15.2 | 523 | 41.6 | 1875 | 30.2 | 2399 | |||
| Widowed/divorced/no longer living together/separated | 2.3 | 78 | 6.6 | 297 | 4.7 | 375 | |||
| Level of education | 1.41 | 0.625 | 0.007 | ||||||
| No education | 1.7 | 58 | 3.6 | 164 | 2.8 | 222 | |||
| Primary | 56.3 | 1944 | 59.0 | 2659 | 57.9 | 4602 | |||
| Secondary | 37.1 | 1280 | 32.9 | 1481 | 34.7 | 2761 | |||
| Higher | 4.9 | 168 | 4.5 | 201 | 4.6 | 369 | |||
| Wealth index | 3.29 | 1.424 | 0.016 | ||||||
| Poorest | 15.6 | 538 | 14.9 | 669 | 15.2 | 1207 | |||
| Poorer | 17.4 | 600 | 17.7 | 797 | 17.6 | 1397 | |||
| Middle | 19.3 | 667 | 17.5 | 789 | 18.3 | 1455 | |||
| Richer | 21.1 | 727 | 20.9 | 940 | 20.9 | 1666 | |||
| Richest | 26.6 | 919 | 29.1 | 1310 | 28.0 | 2229 | |||
| Religion | 2.4458 | 1.7742 | 0.0199 | ||||||
| Catholic | 39.8 | 1374 | 38.5 | 1734 | 39.1 | 3108 | |||
| Anglican/protestant | 34.6 | 1195 | 34.5 | 1552 | 34.5 | 2747 | |||
| SDA | 1.7 | 60 | 1.8 | 82 | 1.8 | 142 | |||
| Pentecostal | 5.9 | 202 | 8.3 | 373 | 7.2 | 575 | |||
| Other Christian | 3.2 | 112 | 2.5 | 111 | 2.8 | 222 | |||
| Moslem | 14.1 | 485 | 13.7 | 617 | 13.9 | 1102 | |||
| Other | 0.6 | 22 | 0.8 | 36 | 0.7 | 57 | |||
| Ethnecity | 6.6792 | 4.6521 | 0.0522 | ||||||
| Baganda | 17.3 | 598 | 18.0 | 811 | 17.7 | 1409 | |||
| Banyankore | 10.0 | 345 | 10.6 | 477 | 10.3 | 822 | |||
| Iteso | 6.8 | 236 | 7.0 | 317 | 7.0 | 553 | |||
| Lugbara/Madi | 4.4 | 151 | 4.6 | 208 | 4.5 | 359 | |||
| Basoga | 9.8 | 339 | 9.0 | 406 | 9.4 | 745 | |||
| Langi | 6.6 | 228 | 6.1 | 275 | 6.3 | 503 | |||
| Bakiga | 4.9 | 170 | 5.8 | 260 | 5.4 | 430 | |||
| Karimojong | 0.7 | 26 | 1.3 | 57 | 1.0 | 83 | |||
| Acholi | 4.0 | 139 | 4.4 | 198 | 4.2 | 337 | |||
| Bagisu/Sabiny | 8.0 | 275 | 6.0 | 272 | 6.9 | 547 | |||
| Alur/Jopadhola | 4.3 | 147 | 5.3 | 240 | 4.9 | 387 | |||
| Banyoro | 6.0 | 205 | 4.3 | 193 | 5.0 | 398 | |||
| Batoro | 4.3 | 147 | 3.6 | 163 | 3.9 | 310 | |||
| Other | 12.8 | 443 | 13.9 | 627 | 13.5 | 1070 | |||
| Region | 5.67 | 3.038 | 0.034 | ||||||
| Central 1 | 10.2 | 351 | 10.8 | 486 | 10.5 | 837 | |||
| Central 2 | 9.4 | 325 | 9.8 | 443 | 9.7 | 768 | |||
| Kampala | 8.9 | 307 | 9.4 | 422 | 9.2 | 729 | |||
| East Central | 11.5 | 396 | 10.1 | 457 | 10.7 | 852 | |||
| Mid Eastern | 12.3 | 424 | 10.1 | 454 | 11.0 | 878 | |||
| North East | 6.6 | 228 | 7.2 | 326 | 7.0 | 554 | |||
| West Nile | 5.8 | 199 | 6.0 | 268 | 5.9 | 467 | |||
| Mid Northern | 10.1 | 350 | 10.1 | 453 | 10.1 | 803 | |||
| South Western | 11.1 | 384 | 12.2 | 548 | 11.7 | 933 | |||
| Mid Western | 14.1 | 486 | 14.3 | 646 | 14.2 | 1132 | |||
| Total | 100.0 | 3450 | 100.0 | 4504 | 100.0 | 7954 | 1.566 | 0.496 | 0.006 |