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. 2019 Dec 27;27(3):86–106. doi: 10.1080/26410397.2019.1695380

Table 3. Characteristics of urban refugee and displaced adolescent girls and young women in Kampala, Uganda, by awareness of HIV testing services and lifetime HIV testing (n = 333).

Variables Full sample
n (%) or mean (SD, range)
Aware of HIV testing services
n (%) or mean (SD, range)
Not aware of HIV testing services
n (%) or mean (SD, range)
p Value Lifetime HIV testing (ever)
n (%) or mean (SD, range)
Lifetime HIV testing (never)
n (%) or mean (SD, range)
p Value
Sociodemographic factors
Age, years 19.31 (2.56, 16–24) 19.94 (2.59, 16–24) 18.30 (2.16, 16–24) .000 20.02 (2.49, 16–24) 18.45 (2.39, 16–24) 0.000
Education (n = 333)       .000     0.000
 Less than secondary school 190 (57.1) 100 (49.0)  90 (69.8)    82 (45.1) 108 (71.5)  
 Secondary school education 143 (42.9) 104 (51.0)  39 (30.2)   100 (54.9)  43 (28.5)  
Place of birth (n = 333)       .000     0.920
 South Sudan  30 (9.0)  21 (10.3)  9 (7.0)    15 (8.2)  15 (9.9)  
 Burundi 111 (33.3)  82 (40.2)  29 (22.5)    64 (35.2)  47 (31.1)  
 Democratic Republic of the Congo 153 (45.9)  72 (35.2)  81 (62.8)    81 (44.5)  72 (47.7)  
 Rwanda  19 (5.7)  16 (7.8)  3 (2.3)    11 (6.0)  8 (5.3)  
 Others  20 (6.0)  13 (6.4)  7 (5.4)    11 (6.0)  9 (6.0)  
Time in Uganda (n = 333)       .650     .291
 >1 year  23 (6.9)  12 (5.9)  11 (8.5)    14 (7.7)  9 (6.0)  
 1–5 years 186 (55.9)  115 (56.4)  71 (55.0)   107 (58.8)  79 (52.3)  
 <5 years 124 (37.2)  77 (37.7)  47 (36.4)    61 (33.5)  63 (41.7)  
Immigration status (n = 330)       .791     .009
 Refugees 305 (92.4)  187 (92.1)  9 (7.1)   161 (89.0) 144 (96.6)  
 Seeking asylum/undocumented  25 (7.6)  16 (7.9) 118 (92.9)    20 (11.0)  5 (3.4)  
Employment (n = 333)       .000     .000
 Unemployed  132 (38.6) 89 (43.6)  43 (33.3)    99 (54.4) 33 (21.9)  
 Student  155 (46.5) 72 (35.3)  83 (64.3)    58 (31.9) 97 (64.2)  
 Employed  46 (13.8) 43 (21.1)  3 (2.3)    25 (13.7) 21 (13.9)  
Lifetime forced sex (n = 333)       .023     .000
 No 254 (76.3) 147 (72.1)  107 (82.9)   120 (65.9) 134 (88.7)  
 Yes  79 (23.7)  57 (27.9)  22 (17.1)    62 (34.1)  17 (11.3)  
Relationship status (n = 312)       .001     .000
 No current partner 144 (46.2) 71 (38.4) 73 (57.5)    58 (34.5) 86 (59.7)  
 Dating one partner/married 131 (42.0) 85 (45.9) 46 (36.2)    90 (53.6) 41 (28.5)  
 Casual dating/multiple partners  37 (11.9) 29 (15.7)  8 (6.3)    20 (11.9) 17 (11.8)  
Stigma              
Adolescent SRH Stigma              
 Sexual activity & pregnancy stigma  5.61 (1.97, 0–7) 5.09 (2.22, 0–7) 6.44 (1.05, 0–7) .000 5.17 (2.24, 0–7) 6.14 (1.42, 0–7) .000
 Modern family planning & abortion stigma  6.04 (1.64, 0–7) 5.78 (2.02, 0–7) 7.03 (1.35, 0–7) .000 5.75 (1.97, 0–7) 6.89 (1.59, 0–7) .000
HIV-related stigma 32.05(6.31, 10–40) 31.58 (6.05, 10–40) 32.78 (6.65, 13–40) .093 31.47 (6.54, 13–40) 32.74 (5.95, 13–40) .064

Note: Higher scores indicated experiencing more stigma.