Table 1.

Demographic characteristics and risk behaviors among self-reported HIV-positive and HIV-negative youth living in the slums of Kampala, n = 1103

	Self-reported HIV-positive (n = 116) 10.52%	Self-reported HIV-negative (n = 987) 89.48%	Chi-Square, df, p-value
Gender
Male	48 (41.38%)	434 (43.97%)	.28, (1), p = .59
Female	68 (58.62%)	553 (56.03%)
Age (IQR)	17 (3)	17 (3)	Z = 1.76, p = .08a
Education
Never completed primary	30 (26.79%)	349 (35.69%)	3.55, (2), p = .17
Completed primary	31 (27.68%)	231 (23.62%)
Secondary or higher	51 (45.54%)	398 (40.70%)
Parental Living Status
Both parents living	44 (37.93%)	402 (40.69%)	.35, (2), p = .84
One parent living	45 (38.79%)	371 (37.55%)
Both parents dead	27 (23.28%)	215 (21.76%)
Religion
Christian-Catholic	34 (29.31%)	352 (35.63%)	2.11, (3), p = .55
Christian-Other	44 (37.93%)	322 (32.59%)
Muslim	30 (25.86%)	249 (25.20%)
Other religion	8 (6.90%)	65 (6.58%)
Ever lived on the streets
Yes	39 (33.62%)	204 (20.67%)	10.14, (1), p = .002
No	77 (66.38%)	783 (79.33%)
Past 12-month alcohol use
Yes	55 (47.41%)	287 (29.05%)	16.38, (1), p < .0001
No	61 (52.59%)	701 (70.95%)
Ever had sexual intercourse
Yes	81 (69.83%)	505 (51.17%)	14.52, (1), p = .0001
No	35 (30.17%)	482 (48.83%)
Commercial sex work
Yes	18 (22.22%)	62 (12.35%)	13.19, (1), p = .0003
No	98 (84.48%)	926 (93.72%)
Condom use at last sex
Yes	48 (41.38%)	340 (34.41%)
No	68 (58.62%)	648 (65.59%)	2.21, (1), p = .14
Ever been raped
Yes	35 (30.17%)	155 (15.69%)	15.29, (1), p < .0001
No	81 (69.83%)	833 (84.31%)

Note. Thirty-one (n = 31) youth did not answer the self-reported HIV measure in the survey and were excluded from the analysis

^aWilcoxon two-sample test was used to compare ages between HIV-positive and HIV-negative youth