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Table 1 Socio demographic characteristics of 624 perinatally HIV -infected adolescent in Uganda

From: Correlates of ever had sex among perinatally HIV-infected adolescents in Uganda

Characteristics

 

Frequency (n)

Percent (%)

Gender

Females

370

59.3

Males

254

40.7

Age groups

10 – 14 years

114

18.3

15 – 19 years

510

81.4

Religiona

Catholic

260

41.8

Protestant

252

40.4

Muslim

44

7.1

Born again

58

9.3

Other

7

1.1

Education status

Out of school

166

26.6

In school

458

73.4

Level of educationa

No formal education

30

4.8

Primary level

356

57.1

Secondary level

231

37.1

Highest level of education hoped to complete

Primary

12

2.6

Secondary

40

8.7

Tertiary

378

82.4

Did not know

28

6.1

Occupationa

Students

462

74

Employed

49

7.9

employed

86

13.7

Region

Western

231

37

Eastern

173

27.7

Northern

220

35.3

Distance to clinic

Within 5 km

197

31.5

More than 5 km

427

68.6

Parenthood status (living status)a

Both parents

105

16.8

One parent (one dead)

196

31.4

One parent (other alive)

51

8.2

Guardian/siblings (parents dead)

245

39.3

Staying alone

19

3.0

  1. aSome responses were missing/unknown