Table 1. Characteristics of university students in Uganda in 2005 (n = 980) and 2010 (n = 1954).

	2005						2010
	All		Male		Female		All		Male		Female
	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%
Sex
Male	633	64.6					1087	55.6
Female	347	35.4					867	44.4
Age
Younger < 24	628	65.6	378	60.6	250	75.1	1346	71.7	708	67.4	638	77.2
Older ≥ 24	329	34.4	246	39.4	83	24.9	531	28.3	343	32.6	188	22.8
Missing	(23)		(9)		(14)		(77)		(36)		(41)
Area of origin
Rural	424	43.7	318	50.6	106	31.0	869	44.9	526	48.8	343	39.9
Urban/ peri–urban	546	56.3	310	49.4	236	69.0	1067	55.1	551	51.2	516	60.1
Missing	(10)		(5)		(5)		(18)		(10)		(8)
Educational level of head of household
≤ Primary school	235	25.5	186	31.0	49	15.2	518	27.3	329	31.1	189	22.5
>Primary school	688	74.5	414	69.0	274	84.8	1382	70.7	730	68.9	652	77.5
Missing	(57)		(33)		(24)		(54)		(28)		(26)