Table 4.
Likelihood of ever having had sex by socio demographic factor for perinatally HIV-infected adolescents in Uganda (2013/2014)
| Variables | Sexually active | Unadjusted | P-value* | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yes N (%) | No N (%) | OR (95 % CI) | |||
| Sex | Male | 69 (32.39) | 185 (45.01) | 1 | 0.001 |
| Female | 144 (67.61) | 226 (54.99) | 1.71 (1.21 – 2.42) | ||
| Age groups | 10 – 14 years | 6 (2.82) | 108 (26.41) | 1 | 0.001 |
| 15 – 19 years | 207 (97.18) | 301 (73.59) | 12.38 (5.34-28.70) | ||
| Religion | Catholic | 88 (41.90) | 172 (41.85) | 1 | 0.83 |
| Protestant | 83 (39.52) | 169 (41.12) | 0.96 (0.66 – 1.39) | 0.23 | |
| Muslim | 19 (9.05) | 25 (6.08) | 1.49 (0.78 – 2.84) | 0.51 | |
| Born again | 17 (8.10) | 41 (9.98) | 0.81 (0.44 – 1.51) | ||
| Education status | Out of school | 110 (51.64) | 52(12.65) | 1 | 0.001 |
| In school | 103 (47.89) | 356 (86.62) | 0.14 (0.10 – 0.21) | ||
| Level of education | None | 13 (6.10) | 17 (4.21) | 1 | 0.15 |
| Primary level | 109 (51.17) | 247 (61.14) | 0.58 (0.27 – 1.23) | 0.68 | |
| Secondary level | 91 (42.72) | 140 (34.65) | 0.85 (0.39 – 1.83) | ||
| Education level hoped to complete | Primary | 30 (17.96) | 35 (9.07) | 1 | 0.13 |
| Secondary | 38 (22.75) | 72 (18.65) | 0.62 (0.33 – 1.15) | 0.001 | |
| Tertiary | 99 (59.28) | 279 (72.28) | 0.41 (0.24 – 0.71) | ||
| Occupation | Students | 102 (52.04) | 360 (89.78) | 1 | 0.001 |
| Volunteers(employed) | 33 (16.84) | 16 (3.99) | 7.28 (3.85-13.75) | 0.001 | |
| Stay home | 61 (31.12) | 25 (6.23) | 8.61 (5.15- 14.41) | ||
| Region | Western | 65 (30.52) | 166 (40.39) | 1 | 0.001 |
| Eastern | 72 (33.80) | 101 (24.57) | 1.82 (1.20 – 2.76) | 0.14 | |
| Northern | 76 (35.68) | 144 (35.04) | 1.35 (0.90 – 2.01) | ||
| Living situation | Both parents | 36 (17.39) | 69 (16.87) | 1 | 0.52 |
| One parent (one dead) | 60 (28.99) | 136 (33.25) | 0.85 (0.51 – 1.40) | 0.72 | |
| One parent (other alive) | 19 (9.18) | 32 (7.82) | 1.14 (0.57 – 2.28) | 0.65 | |
| 78 (37.68) | 167 (40.83) | 0.90 (0.55 – 1.45) | |||
*Fisher’s exact test was used where we had a cell count less than 5