Table 1.
Baseline demographic characteristics of refugee and displaced youth aged 16–24 years recruited for the Tushirikiane Trial in Kampala, Uganda stratified by gender (n = 447).
| Total | Young men | Young women | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| N (%), or mean (SD.) | N (%), or mean (SD.) | N (%), or mean (SD.) | p-value | |
| Total | n = 447 | n = 228 | n = 219 | |
| Socio-demographic variables | ||||
| Age, years | 20.0 (2.4) | 20.5 (2.5) | 19.5 (2.3) | <0.001 |
| Place of birth a | 0.103 | |||
| Democratic Republic of Congo | 315 (70.5) | 149 (65.6) | 166 (76.2) | |
| Burundi | 66 (14.8) | 39 (17.2) | 27 (12.4) | |
| Sudan/South Sudan | 20 (4.5) | 13 (5.7) | 7 (3.2) | |
| Others b | 44 (9.8) | 26 (11.5) | 18 (8.3) | |
| Length of time in Uganda | 0.082 | |||
| <1 year | 16 (3.6) | 11 (4.8) | 5 (2.3) | |
| 1–5 years | 238 (53.2) | 126 (55.3) | 112 (51.1) | |
| 6–10 years | 132 (29.5) | 68 (29.8) | 64 (29.2) | |
| >10 years | 61 (13.7) | 23 (10.1) | 38 (17.4) | |
| Material context | ||||
| Employment statusa | 0.143 | |||
| No employment | 159 (35.6) | 75 (33.3) | 84 (39.3) | |
| Student | 159 (35.6) | 79 (35.1) | 80 (37.4) | |
| Employed (paid/unpaid) | 121 (27.1) | 71 (31.6) | 50 (23.4) | |
| Income securitya | 0.002 | |||
| Never | 208 (46.5) | 121 (53.3) | 87 (39.9) | |
| Sometimes | 174 (38.9) | 85 (37.4) | 89 (40.8) | |
| Always | 63 (14.0) | 21 (9.3) | 42 (19.3) | |
| Highest level of educationa | 0.010 | |||
| Less than secondary | 110 (24.6) | 62 (27.6) | 48 (22.1) | |
| Some secondary | 180 (40.3) | 76 (33.8) | 104 (47.9) | |
| Secondary + | 152 (34.0) | 87 (38.7) | 65 (30.0) | |
| Food insecuritya | 0.619 | |||
| Never | 153 (34.2) | 73 (32.3) | 80 (36.7) | |
| Sometimes | 262 (58.6) | 138 (61.1) | 124 (56.9) | |
| Always | 29 (6.5) | 15 (6.6) | 14 (6.4) | |
| Relational context | ||||
| Children | 0.003 | |||
| No | 403 (90.2) | 215 (94.3) | 188 (85.8) | |
| Yes | 44 (9.8) | 13 (5.7) | 31 (14.2) | |
| Relationship statusa | 0.075 | |||
| No current partner | 189 (42.3) | 92 (40.7) | 97 (44.7) | |
| Dating one partner/married | 183 (40.9) | 89 (39.4) | 94 (43.3) | |
| Casual dating/multiple partners | 71 (15.9) | 45 (19.9) | 26 (12.0) | |
| Social Provisions Scalea | 66.5 (6.0) | 66.4 (5.9) | 66.6 (6.2) | 0.734 |
| Symbolic context | ||||
| Sexual Relationship Power Scalea | 42.0 (9.0) | 42.0 (9.2) | 42.0 (8.8) | 0.996 |
| Condom Use Self-Efficacy | 14.3 (5.1) | 15.4 (4.8) | 13.2 (5.2) | <0.001 |
| Experienced physical IPV | 0.145 | |||
| Never | 418 (93.5) | 217 (95.2) | 201 (91.8) | |
| Ever | 29 (6.5) | 11 (4.8) | 18 (8.2) | |
| Experienced sexual IPV | 0.710 | |||
| Never | 408 (91.3) | 207 (90.8) | 201 (91.8) | |
| Ever | 39 (8.7) | 21 (9.2) | 18 (8.2) | |
| HIV-Related Stigma Scalea | 21.2 (5.6) | 21.0 (5.4) | 21.4 (5.9) | 0.448 |
| Adolescent SRH stigmaa | 9.1 (3.2) | 8.6 (3.4) | 9.8 (2.9) | <0.001 |
| Outcome | ||||
| Lifetime HIV testing | 0.875 | |||
| Never | 252 (56.4) | 128 (56.1) | 124 (56.9) | |
| Ever | 194 (43.4) | 100 (43.9) | 94 (43.1) | |
Note: SD, standard deviation; IPV, intimate partner violence; SRH, sexual and reproductive health. Participants identifying as transgender (n = 3) are excluded due to small numbers.
aMissing values for place of birth n = 2 (0.5%); employment n = 8 (1.8%); income security n = 2 (0.5%); education n = 5 (1.1%); food insecurity n = 3 (0.7%); relationship status n = 4 (0.9%); social provisions n = 18 (4.0%); sexual relationship power n = 12 (2.7%); condom use self-efficacy n = 1 (0.2%); HIV stigma n = 8 (1.8%); SRH stigma n = 12 (2.7%); HIV testing n = 1 (0.2%).
bOther includes Uganda, Kenya, Rwanda, and Somalia.