Table 1.

The prevalence and characteristics of the 8 typologies of the gender-based violence, HIV, and alcohol use syndemic among youth living in the slums of Kampala (n = 1096)

	HIV-981 (90%)				HIV + 115 (10%)
	ALC-694 (63%)		ALC + 287 (26%)		ALC-60 (5%)		ALC + 55 (5%)
Variable, n (%)	GBV-553 (50%)	GBV + 141 (13%)	GBV-141 (13%)	GBV + 146 (13%)	GBV-38 (4%)	GBV + 22 (2%)	GBV-19 (2%)	GBV + 36 (3%)
Sex
Female, 614 (56%)	303 (49%)	85 (14%)	61 (10%)	98 (16%)	19 (3%)	18 (3%)	9 (1%)	21 (4%)
Male, 481 (44%)	249 (52%)	56 (12%)	80 (16%)	48 (10%)	19 (4%)	4 (1%)	10 (2%)	15 (3%)
Age, n (%)
12–14, 219 (20%)	172 (79%)	13 (6%)	13 (6%)	4 (2%)	9 (4%)	4 (2%)	3 (1%)	1 (< 1%)
15–16, 291 (27%)	153 (53%)	41 (14%)	36 (12%)	31 (11%)	14 (5%)	7 (2%)	2 (1%)	7 (2%)
17–18, 586 (54%)	228 (39%)	87 (15%)	92 (16%)	111 (19%)	15 (3%)	11 (2%)	14 (3%)	28 (5%)
Sex work
Yes, 79 (7%)	3 (4%)	7 (9%)	6 (8%)	46 (58%)	0 (0%)	0 (0%)	4 (5%)	13 (16%)
No, 1013 (93%)	548 (54%)	133 (13%)	135 (13%)	99 (10%)	38 (4%)	22 (2%)	15 (1%)	23 (2%)
Parents abused each other
Yes, 308 (28%)	109 (35%)	43 (14%)	44 (14%)	66 (22%)	10 (3%)	7 (2%)	7 (2%)	22 (7%)
No, 787 (72%)	443 (56%)	98 (12%)	97 (12%)	80 (10%)	28 (4%)	15 (2%)	12 (2%)	14 (2%)
Parent status
0 parents alive, 241 (22%)	99 (41%)	33 (14%)	41 (17%)	42 (17%)	5 (2%)	3 (1%)	6 (2%)	12 (5%)
1 parent alive, 412 (38%)	197 (48%)	50 (12%)	53 (13%)	67 (16%)	11 (3%)	9 (2%)	11 (3%)	14 (3%)
2 parents alive, 443 (40%)	257 (58%)	58 (13%)	47 (11%)	37 (8%)	22 (5%)	10 (2%)	2 (< 1%)	10 (2%)
Depressive and/or suicidal behaviors
Yes, 673 (62%)	278 (41%)	102 (15%)	92 (14%)	124 (18%)	19 (3%)	17 (3%)	12 (2%)	29 (4%)
No, 422 (38%)	274 (65%)	39 (9%)	49 (12%)	22 (5%)	19 (5%)	5 (1%)	7 (2%)	7 (2%)

Alc alcohol use, GBV gender-based violence, Percentages show row percent across all typologies