BioMed Research International / 2024 / Article / Tab 6 / Research Article
Knowledge, Perception, and Practice of Safe Medical Circumcision on HIV Infection Risk Reduction among Undergraduate Students of a Public University in Northern Uganda: A Cross-Sectional Study Table 6 Association of sociodemographic characteristics with practice of safe medical circumcision.
Factor SMC practice Chi-square valueYes, (%) No, (%) Participants’ age 18-20 18 (5.0) 18 (9.2) 4.613 0.470 21-25 292 (81.1) 156 (79.6) 26-30 12 (3.3) 6 (3.1) 31-35 19 (5.3) 8 (4.1) 36-40 7 (1.9) 4 (2.0) 41-45 12 (3.3) 4 (2.0) Academic year of study One 100 (27.8) 74 (37.8) 9.805 0.020 Two 116 (32.2) 68 (34.7) Three 134 (37.2) 50 (25.5) Four 10 (2.8) 4 (2.0) Faculty Public health 40 (11.1) 30 (15.3) 16.604 0.050 Nursing and midwifery 50 (13.9) 19 (9.7) Medicine 41 (11.4) 12 (6.1) Computing and information science 33 (9.2) 23 (11.7) Education 91 (25.3) 71 (36.2) Management science 105 (29.2) 41 (20.9) Religion Catholic 142 (39.4) 34 (22.5) 35.001 <0.001 Anglican 109 (30.0) 64 (32.7) Pentecostal 50 (13.9) 54 (27.6) Moslem 24 (6.7) 4 (2.0) None 6 (1.7) 10 (5.1) Others 30 (8.3) 20 (10.2) Know facility that does SMC Yes 334 (92.8) 150 (76.5) 29.717 <0.001 No 26 (7.2) 46 (23.5)
Significant at 95% confidence interval.