Table 1.
Demographic characteristics of the study participants, total and clinic-specific
| Variable | Total number n (%) |
Tororo HIV clinic n (%) |
Mulago HIV clinic n (%) |
Mbarara HIV clinic n (%) |
Gulu HIV clinic n (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gender (n = 108,619) | |||||
| Female | 69,240 (64) | 16,458 (62) | 21,498 (67) | 19,350 (63) | 11,934 (62) |
| Male | 39,379 (36) | 9966 (38) | 10,803 (33) | 11,433 (37) | 7177 (38) |
| Median age (IQR) (n = 107,112) | 33 (27, 40) | 34 (28, 41) | 33 (27, 40) | 33 (27, 40) | 33 (26, 40) |
| Occupation (n = 86,136) | |||||
| Paid employee | 15,061 (17) | 2337 (11) | 6613 (27) | 2929 (13) | 3182 (18) |
| Self employed | 31,073 (36) | 6905 (32) | 10,975 (46) | 5516 (24) | 7677 (43) |
| Subsistence farmer | 34,564 (40) | 11,250 (52) | 4390 (18) | 12,635 (56) | 6289 (35) |
| Others | 5438 (6) | 1105 (5) | 2075 (9) | 1485 (7) | 773 (4) |
| Education (n = 92,840) | |||||
| None | 19,712 (21) | 6009 (28) | 2672 (11) | 6258 (21) | 4773 (27) |
| Primary | 51,768 (56) | 11,768 (54) | 13,136 (55) | 17,046 (58) | 9818 (55) |
| Secondary | 17,908 (19) | 3236 (15) | 6831 (28) | 5102 (17) | 2739 (15) |
| Tertiary or above | 3452 (4) | 640 (3) | 1376 (6) | 855 (3) | 581 (3) |
| Marital status (n = 93,004) | |||||
| Single/never married | 5747 (6) | 1587 (7) | 1652 (7) | 1816 (6) | 692 (4) |
| Married/cohabiting | 43,661 (47) | 11,600 (54) | 10,203 (42) | 13,369 (45) | 8489 (47) |
| Divorced | 17,138 (18) | 2783 (13) | 6409 (27) | 4802 (16) | 3144 (17) |
| Widowed | 21,698 (23) | 4923 (23) | 4739 (20) | 7535 (26) | 4501 (25) |
| Others | 4760 (5) | 701 (3) | 1034 (4) | 1897 (6) | 1128 (6) |
| Religion/faith (n = 91,826) | |||||
| Catholic | 41,772 (45) | 9169 (42) | 9022 (38) | 10,604 (37) | 12,977 (73) |
| Protestant | 33,171 (36) | 7166 (33) | 8290 (34) | 14,642 (51) | 3073 (17) |
| Muslim | 7114 (8) | 1740 (8) | 3288 (14) | 1627 (6) | 459 (3) |
| Pentecostal | 6835 (7) | 2440 (11) | 2536 (11) | 874 (3) | 985 (5) |
| Others | 2934 (3) | 1078 (5) | 840 (3) | 698 (2) | 318 (2) |