Table 1 Characteristics of forcibly displaced youth living in the slums of Kampala, Uganda by sexual history (N = 445)
Variables | Full sample (N = 445) | Ever had sex (n = 278; 62.5%) | Never had sex (n = 167; 37.5%) | p-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
N (%)/Mean (SD, range) | n (%)/Mean (SD, range) | n (%)/Mean (SD, range) | ||
Age | 19.59 (2.59, 16–24) | 20.54 (2.48, 16–24) | 18.02 (1.94, 16–24) | 0.001 |
Gender | ||||
 Young women | 333 (74.8) | 201 (60.4) | 132 (39.6) | 0.113 |
 Young men | 112 (25.2) | 77 (68.8) | 35 (31.3) |  |
Education | Â | Â | Â | 0.001 |
 Less than secondary school | 234 (52.6) | 120 (43.2) | 114 (68.3) |  |
 Secondary school education | 211 (47.4) | 158 (56.8) | 53 (31.7) |  |
Place of birth | Â | Â | Â | 0.051 |
 South Sudan | 35 (7.9) | 16 (5.8) | 19 (11.4) |  |
 Burundi | 115 (25.8) | 67 (24.1) | 48 (28.7) |  |
 Democratic Republic of the Congo | 249 (56.0) | 169 (60.8) | 80 (47.9) |  |
 Rwanda | 19 (4.3) | 12 (4.3) | 7 (4.2) |  |
 Others | 27 (6.1) | 14 (5.0) | 13 (7.8) |  |
Immigration status (n = 442) |  |  |  | 0.723 |
 Refugees | 391 (88.5) | 243 (88.0) | 148 (89.2) |  |
 Seeking asylum/undocumented | 51 (11.5) | 33 (12.0) | 18 (10.8) |  |
Employment status (n = 428) |  |  |  | 0.001 |
 Student |  190 (44.39) | 76 (28.4) | 114 (71.3) |  |
 Employed |   62 (14.49) | 59 (22.0) | 3 (1.9) |  |
 Unemployed |  176 (41.12) | 133 (49.6) | 43 (26.9) |  |
Condom self-efficacy | 19.33 (7.83, 7–35) | 20.12 (8.05, 7–35) | 18.02 (7.29, 7–35) | 0.006 |