. 2015 Oct 16;12:96. doi: 10.1186/s12978-015-0082-z

Table 1.

Socio demographic characteristics of 624 perinatally HIV -infected adolescent in Uganda

Characteristics		Frequency (n)	Percent (%)
Gender	Females	370	59.3
Gender	Males	254	40.7
Age groups	10 – 14 years	114	18.3
Age groups	15 – 19 years	510	81.4
Religion^a	Catholic	260	41.8
	Protestant	252	40.4
	Muslim	44	7.1
	Born again	58	9.3
	Other	7	1.1
Education status	Out of school	166	26.6
Education status	In school	458	73.4
Level of education^a	No formal education	30	4.8
	Primary level	356	57.1
	Secondary level	231	37.1
Highest level of education hoped to complete	Primary	12	2.6
	Secondary	40	8.7
	Tertiary	378	82.4
	Did not know	28	6.1
Occupation^a	Students	462	74
	Employed	49	7.9
	employed	86	13.7
Region	Western	231	37
	Eastern	173	27.7
	Northern	220	35.3
Distance to clinic	Within 5 km	197	31.5
Distance to clinic	More than 5 km	427	68.6
Parenthood status (living status)^a	Both parents	105	16.8
	One parent (one dead)	196	31.4
	One parent (other alive)	51	8.2
	Guardian/siblings (parents dead)	245	39.3
	Staying alone	19	3.0

^aSome responses were missing/unknown