Research Article
Perceived Risk of HIV Infection and Associated Factors among Secondary School Students in Wakiso District, Uganda
Table 2
Factors associated with perceived risk of contracting HIV.
| | Variable | Perceive themselves to be at risk for HIV
Frequency (%) | Do not perceive themselves to be at risk for HIV
Frequency (%) | COR | 95% CI | value |
| | Gender | | | | | | | Female | 84 (42.0) | 116 (58.0) | 0.52 | 0.35–0.79 | | | Male | 104 (58.1) | 75 (41.9) | 1.00 | | Age | | | | | | | ≤17 | 116 (44.6) | 144 (55.4) | 1.90 | 1.22–2.96 | | | >17 | 72 (60.5) | 47 (39.5) | 1.00 | | Had HIV test | | | | | | | No | 52 (38.8) | 82 (61.2) | 0.51 | 0.33–0.78 | | | Yes | 136 (55.5) | 109 (44.5) | 1.00 | | Knowledge of HIV status | | | | | | | No | 30 (38.8) | 19 (38.8) | 1.31 | 0.69–2.49 | | | Yes | 107 (54.6) | 89 (45.4) | 1.00 | | Knowledge of a person who died of HIV | | | | | | | Yes | 159 (53.7) | 137 (46.3) | 2.16 | 1.30–3.58 | | | No | 29 (34.9) | 54 (65.1) | 1.00 | | Discussed HIV at home | | | | | | | Yes | 144 (51.1) | 138 (48.9) | 1.26 | 0.79–1.99 | | | No | 44 (45.4) | 53 (54.6) | 1.00 | | Age at sexual debut | | | | | | | 8–14 years | 61 (67.8) | 29 (32.2) | 2.26 | 1.22–4.19 | | | 15–19 years | 40 (48.2) | 43 (51.8) | 1.00 | | Has ever had sex | | | | | | | Yes | 101 (58.0) | 73 (42.0) | 1.88 | 1.25–2.83 | | | No | 87 (42.4) | 118 (57.6) | 1.00 | | Had sex in the last 12 months | | | | | | | Yes | 61 (59.8) | 41 (40.2) | 0.87 | 0.47–1.60 | | | No | 40 (56.3) | 31 (43.7) | 1.00 | | Used a condom in the last 12 months | | | | | | | Yes | 28 (56.0) | 22 (44.0) | 1.36 | 0.62–3.01 | | | No | 33 (63.5) | 19 (36.5) | 1.00 | | Only one | 44 (59.5) | 30 (40.5) | 0.98 | 0.53–1.82 | | | More than one | 56 (59.0) | 39 (41.0) | 1.00 |
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Results statistically significant, value < 0.05.
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