Table 1.
Lifetime HIV testing history, socio-economic and demographic characteristics of sexually active men (15 – 54 years) across regions of Uganda
| Characteristics | Regions | Uganda (n=4,168) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Central (n=1,002) |
Eastern (n=1,145) |
Northern (n=930) |
Western (n=1,091) |
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| n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | |
| HIV testing status | ||||||||||
| Never tested | 187 | 18.7 | 271 | 23.6 | 140 | 15.1 | 223 | 20.4 | 823 | 19.8 |
| Ever tested | 815 | 81.3 | 875 | 76.4 | 790 | 84.9 | 868 | 79.6 | 3345 | 80.2 |
| Age | ||||||||||
| 15 – 24 | 292 | 29.2 | 348 | 30.4 | 250 | 26.9 | 321 | 29.4 | 1214 | 29.1 |
| 25 – 34 | 361 | 36.0 | 358 | 31.3 | 331 | 35.5 | 360 | 33.0 | 1415 | 33.9 |
| 35 – 44 | 232 | 23.2 | 281 | 24.6 | 200 | 21.5 | 249 | 22.8 | 966 | 23.2 |
| 45 – 54 | 116 | 11.6 | 158 | 13.8 | 149 | 16.0 | 161 | 14.8 | 574 | 13.8 |
| Education level | ||||||||||
| No education | 47 | 4.6 | 46 | 4.0 | 38 | 4.0 | 59 | 5.4 | 191 | 4.6 |
| Primary | 449 | 44.8 | 628 | 54.8 | 528 | 56.8 | 658 | 60.3 | 2228 | 53.5 |
| Secondary | 309 | 30.9 | 353 | 30.8 | 205 | 22.1 | 268 | 24.6 | 1154 | 27.7 |
| Higher | 197 | 19.7 | 118 | 10.3 | 159 | 17.1 | 106 | 9.7 | 595 | 14.3 |
| Residence | ||||||||||
| Urban | 460 | 45.9 | 174 | 15.2 | 120 | 12.9 | 239 | 21.9 | 1081 | 25.9 |
| Rural | 542 | 54.1 | 971 | 84.8 | 810 | 87.1 | 852 | 78.1 | 3087 | 74.1 |
| Religious status | ||||||||||
| Catholic | 391 | 39.1 | 330. | 25.5 | 573 | 61.5 | 440 | 40.3 | 1664 | 39.9 |
| Anglican | 274 | 27.4 | 478 | 41.8 | 231 | 24.8 | 464 | 42.6 | 1437 | 34.5 |
| Muslim | 202 | 20.1 | 221 | 19.3 | 55 | 5.9 | 62 | 5.7 | 572 | 13.7 |
| Pentecostal | 113 | 11.2 | 134 | 11.7 | 60 | 6.5 | 65 | 5.9 | 382 | 9.2 |
| Others | 22 | 2.2 | 20 | 1.7 | 12 | 1.3 | 60 | 5.5 | 114 | 2.7 |
| Wealth quintile | ||||||||||
| Poorest | 27 | 2.7 | 241 | 21.0 | 420 | 45.1 | 82 | 7.5 | 681 | 16.3 |
| Poorer | 71 | 7.1 | 281 | 24.5 | 218 | 23.4 | 205 | 18.8 | 729 | 17.5 |
| Middle | 154 | 15.3 | 258 | 22.6 | 97 | 10.5 | 314 | 28.7 | 821 | 19.7 |
| Richer | 261 | 26.1 | 216 | 18.9 | 109 | 11.7 | 296 | 27.1 | 912 | 21.9 |
| Richest | 489 | 48.8 | 149 | 13.0 | 86 | 9.3 | 195 | 17.8 | 1025 | 24.6 |
| Worked in the last 12 months | ||||||||||
| No | 21 | 2.1 | 17 | 1.5 | 13 | 1.4 | 34 | 3.1 | 87 | 2.1 |
| Yes | 981 | 97.9 | 1128 | 98.5 | 917 | 98.6 | 1057 | 96.9 | 4081 | 97.9 |
| Marital status | ||||||||||
| Never married | 307 | 30.6 | 237 | 20.7 | 173 | 18.6 | 246 | 22.6 | 994 | 23.8 |
| Ever married | 695 | 69.4 | 908 | 79.3 | 757 | 81.4 | 845 | 77.4 | 3174 | 76.2 |
| Ever given gifts or other goods to have sex in the last 12 months | ||||||||||
| No | 875 | 87.3 | 1080 | 94.3 | 917 | 98.6 | 1006 | 92.2 | 3851 | 92.4 |
| Yes | 127 | 12.7 | 65 | 5.7 | 14 | 1.4 | 85 | 7.8 | 317 | 7.6 |
| Circumcised | ||||||||||
| No | 476 | 47.5 | 492 | 42.9 | 706 | 75.9 | 622 | 57.0 | 2243 | 53.8 |
| Yes | 526 | 52.5 | 653 | 57.1 | 224 | 24.1 | 469 | 43.0 | 1925 | 46.2 |
| Number of sexual partners in the last 12 months | ||||||||||
| No sexual partner | 548 | 54.6 | 791 | 69.1 | 621 | 66.8 | 669 | 61.3 | 2595 | 62.3 |
| 1 sexual partner | 345 | 34.4 | 293 | 25.6 | 254 | 27.3 | 313 | 28.7 | 1226 | 29.4 |
| 2 & above sexual partners | 110 | 11.0 | 61 | 5.3 | 54 | 5.8 | 109 | 10.0 | 347 | 8.3 |
Appropriate weights were used for the analyses.