Participant characteristics of a population-based sample of women and men in central Uganda, 2017–2019, N=15 668
Total sample (N=15 668) | Women (n=9609) | Men (n=6059) | ||||
n (%)/mean (SD) | Range | n (%)/mean (SD) | Range | n (%)/mean (SD) | Range | |
Demographics variables | ||||||
Age | 31.41 (11.19) | 15–59 | 30.80 (10.87) | 15–59 | 32.40 (11.61) | 16–59 |
Marital status | ||||||
Married, living together | 8080 (51.60) | 5140 (53.60) | 2940 (48.50) | |||
Married, separated | 1966 (12.50) | 1376 (14.30) | 590 (0.70) | |||
Widowed | 408 (2.60) | 372 (3.90) | 36 (0.60) | |||
Divorced | 2255 (14.40) | 1567 (16.30) | 688 (11.40) | |||
Never married | 2959 (18.90) | 1154 (12.00) | 1805 (29.80) | |||
Education | ||||||
Greater than secondary | 670 (4.30) | 388 (4.0) | 282 (4.70) | |||
Secondary | 4267 (27.20) | 2747 (28.60) | 1520 (25.10) | |||
Primary | 9642 (61.50) | 5726 (59.6) | 3916 (64.60) | |||
No schooling | 1089 (7.00) | 748 (7.80) | 341 (5.60) | |||
Health variables | ||||||
Healthcare past 6 months | ||||||
Outpatient only | 6233 (39.80) | 4000 (41.60) | 2233 (36.90) | |||
Inpatient | 734 (4.70) | 554 (5.80) | 180 (3.00) | |||
None | 8701 (55.50) | 5055 (52.60) | 3646 (60.20) | |||
Ever received mental health services | 971 (6.20) | 667 (6.90) | 304 (5.00) | |||
HIV test results | ||||||
Known positive | 592 (3.80) | 468 (4.90) | 124 (2.00) | |||
Newly diagnosed positive | 262 (1.70) | 159 (1.70) | 103 (1.70) | |||
HIV negative | 14 814 (94.50) | 8982 (93.50) | 5832 (96.30) | |||
Alcohol misuse | 2587 (16.50) | 1237 (12.90) | 1350 (22.30) | |||
Contraceptive use/pregnancy | ||||||
Uses hormonal contraceptive | – | 3037 (31.60) | – | |||
Pregnant | – | 929 (9.70) | – | |||
Neither | – | 5643 (58.70) | – | |||
Depression | ||||||
CES-D-10 score | 5.67 (5.69) | 0.00–30.00 | 5.83 (5.83) | 0.00–30.00 | 5.30 (5.43) | 0.00–30.00 |
Significant depressive symptoms | 2142 (13.70) | 1415 (14.70) | 727 (12.0) |
Alcohol misuse=AUDIT C score ≥3 for women and ≥ for men; significant depressive symptoms=CES-D-10 >13.
AUDIT-C, Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test Consumption ; CES-D-10, 10-item Center for the Epidemiological Studies of Depression.