Table 2.
Association between HIV sexual risk behaviors and selected variables
| Variables | Reported three or more HIV risk behaviors | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Percent (%) | Total (n) | Chi2 | |
| District | 0.26 | ||
| Mukono | 56.6 | 251 | |
| Namayingo | 51.6 | 250 | |
| Sex | 0.04 | ||
| Female | 50.3 | 304 | |
| Male | 59.9 | 197 | |
| Age category | 0.39 | ||
| 15–19 | 50.8 | 126 | |
| 20–24 | 55.2 | 375 | |
| Education level | 0.08 | ||
| None | 63.3 | 79 | |
| Primary | 55.5 | 227 | |
| Secondary or higher | 48.7 | 195 | |
| In the last 12 months, respondent worked for payment in cash or kind | < 0.001 | ||
| No | 42.7 | 178 | |
| Yes | 60.4 | 323 | |
| What is your main source of livelihood? | < 0.001 | ||
| Fishing | 67.4 | 86 | |
| Student | 26.1 | 23 | |
| Farming | 58.0 | 88 | |
| Petty Trade | 54.8 | 126 | |
| Others | 48.9 | 178 | |
| Religion | 0.09 | ||
| Catholic | 56.6 | 198 | |
| Anglican | 53 | 132 | |
| Pentecostal | 42.5 | 80 | |
| Muslim or others | 60.4 | 91 | |
| Marital status | < 0.01 | ||
| Never Married | 39.4 | 94 | |
| Married | 68.3 | 82 | |
| Living together | 53.9 | 267 | |
| Formerly married | 58.6 | 58 | |
| Have you ever given birth to or fathered a child? | < 0.01 | ||
| No | 44.1 | 143 | |
| Yes | 58.1 | 358 | |
| In the last 12 months, have you had a sexual partner? | 0.02 | ||
| No | 34.4 | 32 | |
| Yes | 55.4 | 469 | |
| Total | 54.1 | 501 | |
| Partner’s education level | 0.17 | ||
| None | 63.6 | 99 | |
| Primary | 54.1 | 181 | |
| Secondary or higher | 52.4 | 189 | |
| How long have you been in a relationship with your current partner in complete years | 0.11 | ||
| Less than a year | 50.4 | 117 | |
| One to three years | 60 | 250 | |
| Four or more years | 50 | 102 | |
| Partner drinks alcohol | 0.02 | ||
| No | 52.2 | 345 | |
| Yes | 64.5 | 124 | |
| Accused by a partner to have or has other sexual partners | < 0.001 | ||
| No | 44.7 | 282 | |
| Yes | 66.2 | 219 | |
| Prevented HIV using two or more methods in the last 3 months | 0.02 | ||
| No | 60.8 | 181 | |
| Yes | 50.3 | 320 | |
| AUDIT score categories | 0.002 | ||
| Non-drinkers | 48.4 | 308 | |
| Low risk drinkers | 60 | 135 | |
| At risk drinkers | 60.7 | 28 | |
| High risk drinkers | 70 | 20 | |
| Dependent drinkers | 100 | 10 | |
| Drinks alcohol | 0.001 | ||
| Non-drinkers | 48.4 | 308 | |
| Alcohol drinkers | 63.2 | 193 | |
| Reported lifetime IPV by the HITS scale | 0.049 | ||
| No | 51.9 | 399 | |
| Yes | 62.7 | 102 | |
| Reported lifetime IPV by the WAST scale | 0.015 | ||
| No | 49.7 | 300 | |
| Yes | 60.7 | 201 | |
| Reported IPV by the AAS scale | 0.019 | ||
| No | 47.3 | 186 | |
| Yes | 58.1 | 315 | |
| Total | 54.1 | 501 | |