Table 1. Sample characteristics and descriptive statistics, Uganda 2015, N = 91.
| n (%) | Mean (SD) | |
|---|---|---|
| Demographics | ||
| HIV testing type | ||
| Home | 60 (65.9%) | |
| Event | 31 (34.06%) | |
| Sex | ||
| Female | 51 (56.00%) | |
| Male | 40 (44.00%) | |
| Age | 31.93 (8.06) | |
| Education | ||
| Secondary | 14 (15.40%) | |
| Primary or less | 77 (84.60%) | |
| Monthly household expenditure | ||
| 15 USD or greater | 52 (57.10%) | |
| 14 USD or less | 39 (42.90%) | |
| Occupation | ||
| Fisherman | 28 (30.76%) | |
| Businessman/woman | 25 (27.47%) | |
| Fishing support services | 7 (7.69%) | |
| Sex worker | 4 (4.39%) | |
| Other | 18 (19.78%) | |
| Unemployed | 9 (9.89%) | |
| Marital status | ||
| Married and/or living together | 61 (67.00%) | |
| Not married, not living with someone | 20 (22.00%) | |
| Separated/divorced | 10 (11.00%) | |
| Psychosocial factors | ||
| Internalised HIV stigma (possible range: 0–4) | 0.98 (0.81) | |
| Anticipated HIV stigma (possible range: 0–4) | 1.26 (0.95) | |
| Perceived poor health (possible range: 0–4) | 1.14 (1.50) | |
| Structural factors | ||
| Food insecurity in the last 30 days | ||
| Yes | 57 (62.60%) | |
| No | 34 (37.40%) | |
| Mobility (travel away from community) | ||
| Yes | 51 (56.0%) | |
| No | 40 (43.90%) | |
| Structural barriers to HIV care (possible range: 0–4) | 1.15 (0.49) | |
| HIV risk behaviour | ||
| Condom use at last sex | ||
| Yes | 14 (15.40%) | |
| No | 77 (84.60%) | |
| Engaged in transactional sex in the last year (gave money or received money for sex) | ||
| Yes | 25 (27.50%) | |
| No | 66 (72.50%) | |
| HIV fatalism (possible range: 0–3) | 1.50 (0.51) | |
| Life is risky and getting HIV is just one of those things. | 59 (64.84%) | |
| It is better not to think about HIV and enjoy your life. | 45 (49.45%) | |
| I do not care that I have HIV because it is just another disease. | 41 (45.05%) | |
| I am more worried about dying from drowning, hunger or something other than HIV. | 43 (47.25%) | |
| It was just a matter of time before I got HIV. | 35 (38.46%) | |
| I will only worry about having HIV when I start to get ill. | 31 (34.07%) | |
| Before testing positive, I had given up trying to protect myself from HIV. | 27 (29.67%) |
Notes: SD = Standard deviation; Mean score of HIV Fatalism scale is reported, and the percentage of participants reporting ‘agree’ or ‘strongly agree’ for each individual item.