Table 2.
Distribution of socio-economic and demographic factors by HIV testing status among sexually active men aged 15 – 54 across regions
| Characteristics | Regions | Uganda | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Central | Eastern | Northern | Western | |||||||
| Ever tested n (%) |
Never tested n (%) |
Ever tested n (%) |
Never tested n (%) |
Ever tested n (%) |
Never tested n (%) |
Ever tested n (%) |
Never tested n (%) |
Ever tested n (%) |
Never tested n (%) |
|
| Age | ||||||||||
| 15 – 24 | 217 (74.3) | 75 (25.7) | 237 (68.2) | 110 (31.8) | 191 (76.2) | 60 (23.8) | 217 (67.6) | 104 (32.4) | 865 (71.3) | 349 (28.7) |
| 25 – 34 | 314 (87.0) | 47 (13.0) | 282 (78.7) | 76 (21.3) | 307 (93.0) | 23 (7.0) | 316 (87.8) | 44 (12.2) | 1222 (86.3) | 193 (14.7) |
| 35 – 44 | 187 (80.6) | 45 (19.5) | 226 (80.4) | 55 (19.6) | 178 (88.8) | 23 (11.2) | 213 (85.3) | 37 (14.7) | 802 (83.1) | 164 (16.9) |
| 45 – 54 | 97 (83.0) | 20 (17.0) | 130 (82.1) | 28 (17.9) | 114 (76.5) | 35 (23.5) | 123 (76.2) | 38 (23.8) | 457 (79.6) | 117 (20.4) |
| χ2= 3.5524, p=0.0142 | χ2= 4.2277, p≤0.0064 | χ2= 11.8350, p≤0.001 | χ2= 13.4259, p≤0.001 | χ2= 21.4522, p≤0.001 | ||||||
| Education level | ||||||||||
| No education | 25 (53.9) | 22 (46.1) | 29 (61.9)) | 18 (38.1) | 13 (33.3) | 25 (66.7) | 43 (71.5) | 17 (28.5) | 110 (57.7) | 81(42.3) |
| Primary | 338 (75.3) | 111 (24.7) | 441 (70.3) | 187 (29.7) | 430 (81.3) | 99 (18.7) | 507 (77.3) | 150 (22.7) | 1686 (75.7) | 543 (24.4) |
| Secondary | 261 (84.3) | 48 (15.7) | 294 (83.5) | 58 (16.5) | 195 (94.8) | 11 (5.2) | 219 (81.8) | 49 (18.2) | 981 (85.0) | 173 (15.0) |
| Higher | 191 (96.9) | 6 (3.1) | 110 (93.3) | 8 (6.7) | 153 (96.6) | 5 (3.4) | 99 (93.0) | 7 (7.0) | 568 (95.5) | 27 (4.5) |
| χ2= 16.6242, p≤0.001 | χ2= 11.0568, p≤0.001 | χ2= 39.2516, p≤0.001 | χ2= 5.1079, p=0.0018 | χ2= 46.9833, p≤0.001 | ||||||
| Residence | ||||||||||
| Urban | 404 (88.0) | 55 (12.0) | 141 (80.9) | 33 (19.1) | 107 (89.2) | 13 (10.8) | 191 (80.0) | 48 (20.0) | 923 (85.3) | 159 (14.7) |
| Rural | 410 (75.7) | 132 (24.3) | 734 (75.6) | 237 (24.4) | 683 (84.3) | 127 (15.7) | 677 (79.5) | 175 (20.5) | 2423 (78.5) | 665 (21.5) |
| χ2= 15.5287, p≤0.001 | χ2= 1.0799, p=0.2991 | χ2= 1.9159, p=0.1668 | χ2= 0.0210, p=0.8848 | χ2= 12.5572, p=0.004 | ||||||
| Religious status | ||||||||||
| Catholics | 311 (79.6) | 80 (20.4) | 225 (76.8) | 68 (23.2) | 486 (84.9) | 86 (15.1) | 337 (76.6) | 103 (23.4) | 1329 (79.9) | 335 (20.1) |
| Anglican | 230 (83.9) | 44 (16.1) | 371 (77.5) | 108 (22.5) | 200 (86.7) | 31 (13.3) | 375 (80.7) | 90 (19.3) | 1167 (81.2) | 270 (18.8) |
| Muslim | 153 (76.2) | 48 (23.8) | 153 (69.4) | 68 (30.6) | 44 (81.0) | 10 (19.0) | 53 (86.2) | 9 (13.8) | 429 (75.1) | 142 (24.9) |
| Pentecostal | 100 (88.3) | 13 (11.7) | 111 (83.0) | 23 (17.0) | 55 (90.6) | 6 (9.4) | 55 (85.2) | 10 (14.8) | 330 (86.3) | 52 (13.7) |
| Others | 20 (93.3) | 2 (6.7) | 15 (76.4) | 5 (23.6) | 5 (40.2) | 7 (59.8) | 48 (79.8) | 12 (20.2) | 90 (79.2) | 24 (20.8) |
| χ2= 2.2809, p=0.0639 | χ2=1.6889, p=0.1516 | χ2= 4.1604, p=0.037 | χ2= 1.0481, p=0.3765 | χ2= 3.3290, p=0.0105 | ||||||
| Wealth quintile | ||||||||||
| Poorest | 19 (69.5) | 8 (30.5) | 178 (73.8) | 63 (26.3) | 343 (81.7) | 77 (18.3) | 50 (60.7) | 32 (39.3) | 517 (76.0) | 163 (24.0) |
| Poorer | 44 (62.4) | 27 (37.6) | 210 (74.9) | 70 (25.1) | 188 (86.3) | 30 (13.7) | 158 (76.9) | 47 (23.1) | 559 (76.7) | 170 (23.3) |
| Middle | 109 (71.0) | 44 (29.0) | 184 (71.1) | 75 (28.9) | 81 (83.1) | 17 (16.9) | 254 (81.0) | 60 (19.0) | 623 (75.8) | 199 (24.2) |
| Richer | 195 (74.5) | 67 (25.5) | 179 (82.9) | 37 (17.1) | 97 (88.6) | 13 (11.4) | 236 (79.7) | 60 (20.3) | 724 (79.4) | 188 (20.6) |
| Richest | 448 (91.6) | 41 (8.4) | 124 (83.1) | 25 (16.9) | 81 (94.6) | 5 (5.4) | 171 (87.9) | 24 (12.1) | 923 (90.0) | 103 (10.0) |
| χ2= 12.0630, p≤0.001 | χ2= 2.0527, p=0.0935 | χ2= 2.1795, p=0.0725 | χ2= 5.9923, p≤0.001 | χ2= 13.5046, p≤0.001 | ||||||
| Worked in the last 12 months | ||||||||||
| No | 12 (57.0) | 9 (43.0) | 8 (49.0) | 9 (51.0) | 7 (55.8) | 6 (44.2) | 23 (67.3) | 11 (32.7) | 51 (59.2) | 35 (40.8) |
| Yes | 803 (81.9) | 178 (18.1) | 866 (76.8) | 262 (23.2) | 783 (85.4) | 134 (14.6) | 845 (80.0) | 212 (20.0) | 3294 (80.7) | 788 (19.3) |
| χ2= 6.2645, p=0.0125 | χ2= 6.0192, p=0.0144 | χ2= 12.7655, p≤0.001 | χ2= 1.7484, p=0.1865 | χ2= 16.2038, p≤0.001 | ||||||
| Marital status | ||||||||||
| Never married | 229 (74.8) | 77 (25.2) | 148 (62.5) | 89 (37.5) | 128 (74.0) | 45 (26.0) | 155 (63.0) | 91 (37.0) | 687 (69.1) | 307 (30.9) |
| Ever married | 586 (84.2) | 110 (15.8) | 727 (80.0) | 182 (20.0) | 662 (87.4) | 95 (12.6) | 713 (84.4) | 132 (15.6) | 2658 (83.7) | 516 (16.3) |
| χ2= 6.5313, p=0.0108 | χ2= 16.1246, p≤0.001 | χ2=12.7302, p≤0.001 | χ2= 34.7689, p≤0.001 | χ2= 53.1542, p≤0.001 | ||||||
| Ever given gifts or other goods to have sex in the last 12 months | ||||||||||
| No | 717 (82.0) | 158 (18.0) | 831 (76.9) | 249 (23.1) | 781 (85.2) | 136 (14.8) | 800 (79.5) | 206 (20.5) | 3105 (80.0) | 746 (19.4) |
| Yes | 98 (77.0) | 29 (23.0) | 43 (66.9) | 22 (33.1) | 9 (68.7) | 4 (31.3) | 69 (80.7) | 16 (19.3) | 240 (75.7) | 77 (24.3) |
| χ2= 1.4311, p=0.2320 | χ2= 3.7218, p=0.0541 | χ2= 2.7495, p=0.0977 | χ2= 0.0388, p=0.8439 | χ2= 3.2888, p=0.0702 | ||||||
| Circumcised | ||||||||||
| No | 369 (77.5) | 107 (22.5) | 379 (77.1) | 113 (22.9) | 606 (85.8) | 100 (14.2) | 473 (76.0) | 149 (24.0) | 1775 (79.1) | 469 (20.9) |
| Yes | 446 (84.8) | 80 (15.2) | 496 (75.9) | 158 (24.1) | 184 (82.2) | 40 (17.8) | 396 (84.3) | 73 (15.7) | 1570 (81.6) | 354 (18.4) |
| χ2= 5.0290, p=0.0252 | χ2= 0.1328, p=0.7157 | χ2=1.0156, p=0.3139 | χ2= 8.7932, p=0.0031 | χ2= 2.4351, p=0.1191 | ||||||
| Number of sexual partners in the last 12 months | ||||||||||
| No sexual partner | 448 (81.8) | 99 (18.2) | 625 (79.0) | 166 (21.0) | 536 (86.2) | 86 (13.8) | 548 (82.0) | 120 (18.0) | 2126 (81.9) | 469 (18.1) |
| 1 sexual partner | 281 (81.5) | 64 18.5) | 205 (69.7) | 89 (30.3) | 212 (83.2) | 43 (16.8) | 247 (79.0) | 66 (21.0) | 962 (78.5) | 264 (21.5) |
| 2 & above sexual partners | 86 (78.4) | 24 (21.6) | 45 (73.9) | 16 (26.1) | 43 (78.2) | 12 (21.8) | 73 (66.5) | 37 (33.5) | 257 (74.1) | 90 (25.9) |
| χ2= 0.2288, p=0.7738 | χ2= 4.0041, p=0.0192 | χ2= 1.3207, p=0.2672 | χ2= 5.9696, p=0.0029 | χ2= 5.3051, p=0.0054 | ||||||
Weighted proportions; ever tested (ever tested for HIV); never tested (never tested for HIV).