Using Andersen’s Behavioral Model of Health Care Utilization to Assess Contraceptive Use among Sexually Active Perinatally HIV-Infected Adolescents in Uganda

Table 1

Distribution of sociodemographic characteristics of 213 HIV perinatally infected adolescent in Uganda.

Characteristics		Frequency ()	Percent (%)
Gender	Males	69	32.4
	Females	144	67.6
Age groups	10–17 years	44	20.7
	17–19 years	169	79.3
Religion	Catholic	88	41.3
	Protestant	101	47.4
	Muslim	24	11.3
Education status	Out of school	110	51.6
	In school	103	48.6
Region	Western	65	30.5
	Eastern	72	33.8
	Northern	76	35.6
Distance to clinic	Within 5 km	69	32.2
	More than 5 km	145	67.8
Parenthood status (living status)	Both parents	36	16.9
	One parent (one dead)	79	37.1
	Total orphans	98	46.0
Married	Yes	47	21.6
	No	166	78.4
Age at first sex (years)		213	15.83 (1.7)
Age when got married (years)		46	17.30 (1.1)

Some responses were missing/unknown.