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. 2022 May 16;22:467. doi: 10.1186/s12879-022-07398-z

Table 1.

Socio-demographic characteristics and Chi-square analysis for demographic and behavioral correlates of oral PrEP awareness among adolescent girls and young women, Kampala, Uganda (Jan–Oct 2019)

Heard of oral PrEP
Variables (N = 285) N (Col%) n = 66
n (row%)
P-value
Age at enrollment, mean (SD) 19.9 (± 2.24)
Age group
 14–19 112 (39.3) 26 (23.2)
 20–24 173 (60.7) 40 (23.1) 0.986
Level of education
 None/primary 129 (45.3) 31 (24.0)
 Secondary/tertiary 156 (54.7) 35 (22.4) 0.751
Marital status
 Married 84 (29.5) 14 (16.7)
 Separated/divorced 38 (13.3) 10 (26.3)
 Single (never married) 163 (57.2) 42 (25.8)
Occupation
 Sex work 60 20 (33.3)
 Other 157 (55.1) 34 (21.7)
 No job 68 (23.9) 12 (17.7) 0.088
Alcohol consumption risk level
 Low risk drinking 196 (68.8) 38 (19.4)
 Moderate risk/ hazardous 64 (22.5) 16 (25.0)
 High risk/ Alcohol dependent 25 (8.80) 12 (48.0) 0.006
Illicit drug use in the last one month
 Yes 241 (84.6) 15 (21.2)
 No 44 (15.4) 51 (34.1) 0.062
Frequently stayed away from home in the last 3 months
 Yes 114 (40.0) 33 (28.9)
 No 171 (60.0) 33 (19.3) 0.059
Age at first sex
 9–17 228 (80.0) 58 (25.4)
 ≥ 18 57 (20.0) 8 (14.0) 0.068
Number of sexual partners in the last 3 months
 1 89 (31.2) 12 (13.5)
 ≥ 2 196 (68.8) 54 (27.6) 0.009
Reported consistent condom use in last 3 months
 Yes 209 (73.3) 44 (21.1)
 No 76 (26.7) 22 (28.9) 0.162
Transactional sex
 Yes 264 (92.6) 63 (23.9)
 No 21 (7.40) 3 (14.3) 0.425
STI test results (Chlamydia and Gonorrhea)
 Negative 210 (74.7) 46 (21.9)
 Positive 71 (25.3) 19 (26.8) 0.402
Contraceptive use
 Yes 158 (55.4) 35 (22.2)
 No 127 (44.6) 31 (24.4) 0.653
Willingness to use oral PrEP
 Yes 256 (89.8) 89.8
 No 29 (10.2) 10.2
Willingness to use injectable PrEP
 Yes 255 (89.5) 89.5
 No 30 (10.5) 10.5