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Table 1 Participant Demographics by HIV Testing Status

From: Transactional sex work and HIV among women in conflict-affected Northeastern Uganda: a population-based study

Variables

Tested

Untested

HIV positive (n = 46)

HIV Status HIV negative (n = 541)

Unknown (n = 12)

All (n = 605)

Age (years)

M (SD)

35.91 (7.67)

29.37 (8.73)

29.78 (12.14)

29.88 (8.89)

Range

19–48

13–49

18–48

13–49

Literacy (% literate)

53.3

67.1

33.3

39.70

Number of children

M (SD)

5.46 (2.49)

4.20 (2.90)

4.33 (3.20)

4.51 (3.14)

Range

1–10

0–15

1–10

0–13

Armed conflict exposure n (%)

Verbal

38 (82.60)

315 (59.50)

9 (81.10)

367 (60.70)

Physical

6 (13.04)

28 (5.30)

1 (9.10)

35 (5.80)

Sexual

1 (2.20)

4 (0.75)

1 (9.10)

5 (0.82)

Relocated

37 (82.20)

310 (58.70)

8 (72.70)

360 (59.50)

Abduction

7 (15.60)

47 (8.90)

0 (0.00)

54 (8.90)

TSW n (%) Yes

10 (21.74)

112 (20.70)

4 (33.33)

127 (21.00)

  1. Not all respondents who tested for HIV reported their status
  2. TSW transactional sex work