Background
Methods
Study design and setting
Sampling method and study population
Interviews and data management
Assessment of outcome variables
Assessment of socio-demographic variables
Statistical methods
Results
Basic characteristics
Youth (N = 185) | Adults (N = 267) | p-Value | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
(N) | (%) | (N) | (%) | ||
Male Sex
| 108 | 58.4 | 139 | 52.1 | p = 0.185 |
Age (mean +/- SD; median)
| 185 | 18.4 +/- 2.5; 18.0 | 267 | 39.8 +/- 11.0; 38.0 | p < 0.001 |
Marital status
| p < 0.001 | ||||
- Married
| 34 | 20.7 | 24 | 87.1 | |
- Separated/divorced/widowed
| 6 | 3.7 | 229 | 9.1 | |
- Never married
| 124 | 75.6 | 10 | 3.8 | |
Religion
| p = 0.020 | ||||
- Catholic
| 36 | 19.5 | 31 | 11.7 | |
- Protestant
| 89 | 48.1 | 144 | 54.3 | |
- Muslim
| 57 | 30.8 | 90 | 34.0 | |
- Other
| 3 | 1.6 | 0 | 0.0 | |
Tribe
| p = 0.060 | ||||
- (Mu)Soga
| 57 | 31.0 | 94 | 36.0 | |
- (Mu)Ganda
| 72 | 39.1 | 111 | 42.5 | |
- Mulamoga
| 13 | 7.1 | 6 | 2.3 | |
- Munyara
| 10 | 5.4 | 7 | 2.7 | |
- Other
| 32 | 17.4 | 43 | 16.5 | |
Education completed
| p < 0.001 | ||||
- No school
| 1 | 0.6 | 16 | 6.0 | |
- Primary
| 76 | 42.9 | 103 | 38.9 | |
- Secondary
| 95 | 53.7 | 96 | 36.2 | |
- Tertiary
| 3 | 1.7 | 30 | 11.3 | |
- University
| 2 | 1.1 | 20 | 7.5 | |
Work
| p < 0.001 | ||||
- Self-employed (agriculture, selling, service)
| 33 | 21.3 | 136 | 52.9 | |
- Salaried
| 19 | 12.3 | 83 | 32.3 | |
- Manual/casual Work
| 7 | 4.5 | 6 | 2.3 | |
- No work/unemployed
| 69 | 61.9 | 32 | 12.5 |
Awareness of male circumcision for HIV prevention
Logistic regression analysis
Adults
Crude OR | 95% CI | p-value | Adjusted OR | 95% CI | p-value | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Male sex (N = 137/263) | 1.44 | 0.70-2.98 | 0.320 | 2.78 | 0.91-8.52 | 0.073 |
Age (N = 263) | 0.98 | 0.95-1.01 | 0.207 |
0.95
|
0.90-0.99
|
0.028
|
Adult subgroup (N = 263) | ||||||
- Parents (N = 109) | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - |
- Sengas/Kojjas (N = 92) | 1.18 | 0.51-2.70 | 0.704 | 1.24 | 0.37-4.20 | 0.730 |
- Teachers (N = 62) | 1.08 | 0.43-2.71 | 0.874 | 0.33 | 0.03-3.63 | 0.362 |
Educational level (N = 261) | ||||||
- no school (N = 15) | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - |
- primary (N = 101) |
5.46
|
1.63-18.25
|
0.006
|
9.32
|
1.80-48.11
|
0.008
|
- secondary (N = 95) |
4.21
|
1.28-13.78
|
0.018
|
5.04
|
1.01-25.25
|
0.049
|
- tertiary (N = 30) |
9.33
|
1.59-54.67
|
0.013
| 9.91 | 0.76-129.18 | 0.080 |
- university (N = 20) |
6.00
|
1.003-35.91
|
0.050
| 8.03 | 0.59-109.95 | 0.119 |
Religion (N = 261) | ||||||
- Catholic (N = 31) | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - |
- Protestant (N = 141) | 0.85 | 0.27-2.67 | 0.776 | 0.33 | 0.05-2.03 | 0.229 |
- Muslim (N = 89) | 1.32 | 0.38-4.62 | 0.668 | 0.62 | 0.09-4.44 | 0.633 |
Tribe (N = 257) | ||||||
- Musoga (N = 92) | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - |
- Muganda (N = 110) | 1.44 | 0.66-3.14 | 0.355 | 1.13 | 0.21-6.19 | 0.887 |
- Mulamoga (N = 5) | not estimable | not estimable | ||||
- Munyara (N = 7) | 1.26 | 0.14-11.23 | 0.834 | 1.86 | 0.08-43.66 | 0.700 |
- Other (N = 43) | 4.32 | 0.95-19.70 | 0.059 | 3.47 | 0.47-25.64 | 0.222 |
District (N = 263) | ||||||
- Mpigi (N = 87) | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - |
- Kaliro (N = 90) | 0.63 | 0.26-1.53 | 0.306 | 0.83 | 0.10-7.03 | 0.866 |
- Kayunga (N = 86) | 0.79 | 0.31-2.01 | 0.616 | 1.59 | 0.33-7.62 | 0.566 |
Work (N = 253) | ||||||
- no work (N = 32) | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - |
- salaried (N = 82) | 2.14 | 0.68-6.73 | 0.196 | 2.34 | 0.30-18.57 | 0.421 |
- self-employed (N = 133) | 1.47 | 0.53-4.08 | 0.454 | 1.47 | 0.40-5.39 | 0.560 |
- casual/manual work
| not estimable (N = 6) | not estimable | ||||
Salary (continuous variable; N = 236) | 1.00 | 1.00-1.00 | 0.724 | 1.00 | 1.00-1.00 | 0.929 |
Marital status (N = 259) | ||||||
- never married (N = 10) | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - |
- married/cohabiting (N = 226) | 1.77 | 0.36-8.75 | 0.485 | 5.28 | 0.55-50.80 | 0.150 |
- separated/widowed (N = 23) | 1.19 | 0.18-7.84 | 0.858 | 6.42 | 0.38-108.05 | 0.197 |
Circumcised males (N = 52/132) | 1.19 | 0.38-3.78 | 0.766 | - | - | - |
Age at circumcision (N = 36/52) | 1.24 | 0.89-1.73 | 0.197 | - | - | - |