Table 3.
Baseline characteristics of participants in the non-SiVET and SiVET cohorts in the key populations in Uganda, counts, percentages and chi-squared test
| Variable | Total (%) | FF (N = 494) | FSW (N = 689) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Non-SiVET1 n (%) |
SiVET1 n (%) |
p-value | Non-SiVET2 n (%) |
SiVET2 n (%) |
p-value | ||
| Overall | 1183 (100) | 231 (100) | 263 (100) | 449 (100) | 240 (100) | ||
| Sex | < 0.01 | ||||||
| Male | 306 (26) | 115 (50) | 191 (73) | – | – | ||
| Female | 877 (74) | 116 (50) | 72 (27) | 449 (100) | 240 (100) | ||
| Age (years) | 0.01 | < 0.01 | |||||
| 18–24 | 440 (37) | 104 (45) | 79 (30) | 191 (43) | 66 (28) | ||
| 25–34 | 522 (44) | 94 (41) | 119 (45) | 193 (43) | 116 (48) | ||
| 35+ | 221 (19) | 33 (14) | 65 (25) | 65 (14) | 58 (24) | ||
| Ethnicity | 0.02 | 0.07 | |||||
| Baganda | 544 (46) | 94 (41) | 121 (46) | 204 (45) | 125 (52) | ||
| Banyankole | 170 (14) | 40 (17) | 27 (10) | 76 (17) | 27 (11) | ||
| Banyarwanda | 150 (13) | 59 (26) | 53 (20) | 21 (5) | 17 (7) | ||
| Other | 319 (27) | 38 (16) | 62 (24) | 148 (33) | 71 (30) | ||
| Religion | 0.36 | 0.98 | |||||
| Christian | 899 (76) | 172 (74) | 205 (78) | 340 (76) | 182 (76) | ||
| Muslim | 284 (24) | 59 (26) | 58 (22) | 109 (24) | 58 (24) | ||
| Education | 0.12 | < 0.01 | |||||
| None | 237 (20) | 25 (11) | 17 (6) | 182 (41) | 13 (5) | ||
| Primary | 666 (56) | 156 (67) | 197 (75) | 191 (42) | 122 (51) | ||
| Secondary+ | 280 (24) | 50 (22) | 49 (19) | 76 (17) | 105 (44) | ||
| Marital status | 0.24 | 0.01 | |||||
| Single never married | 359 (31) | 67 (29) | 75 (29) | 158 (35) | 59 (25) | ||
| Married | 275 (23) | 104 (45) | 135 (51) | 24 (5) | 12 (5) | ||
| Single ever married | 549 (46) | 60 (26) | 53 (20) | 267 (60) | 169 (70) | ||
| Occupation | < 0.01 | 0.22 | |||||
| Small scale business | 147 (12) | 54 (23) | 70 (27) | 13 (3) | 10 (4) | ||
| Fishing/related | 259 (22) | 104 (45) | 155 (59) | – | – | ||
| Hotel/bar/hair saloon | 298 (25) | 41 (18) | 22 (8) | 144 (32) | 91 (38) | ||
| Sex work | 425 (36) | – | – | 289 (64) | 136 (57) | ||
| Other | 54 (5) | 32 (14) | 16 (6) | 3 (1) | 3 (1) | ||
| Duration (years) in community | < 0.01 | < 0.01 | |||||
| 0–1 | 306 (26) | 70 (30) | 44 (17) | 156 (35) | 36 (15) | ||
| > 1 | 877 (74) | 161 (70) | 219 (83) | 293 (65) | 204 (85) | ||
| Illicit drug use | 0.53 | 0.95 | |||||
| No | 572 (48) | 207 (90) | 231 (88) | 87 (19) | 47 (20) | ||
| Yes | 611 (52) | 24 (10) | 32 (12) | 362 (81) | 193 (80) | ||
FF Fisherfolk, FSW female sex worker, SiVET simulated vaccine efficacy trial