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Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of participants

From: Correlates of uptake of HIV testing among children and young adolescents in Akwa-Ibom state, Nigeria: a secondary data analysis of the Akwa-Ibom aids indicator survey, 2017

Variable

Frequency (unweighted) N = 4037

Weighted %

or Mean

Child characteristics

 Age (years)

  < 1

275

6.86

  1–4

1340

33.09

  5–9

1477

36.71

  10–14

945

23.34

 Sex

  Male

2048

50.76

  Female

1989

49.24

 Location

  Urban

1247

31.77

  Rural

2790

68.23

 Ever transfused with blood

  No

3975

98.44

  Yes

62

1.56

 Child enrolled in school

  No

1058

26.20

  Yes

2979

73.80

 Child ever tested for HIV

  No

3469

85.85

  Yes

568

14.15

Caregiver characteristics

 Age (years)

  15–24

402

9.90

  25–34

1404

34.83

  35–44

1266

31.14

  ≥ 45

965

24.13

 Sex

  Male

1441

35.58

  Female

2596

64.42

 Educational status

  None

358

8.64

  Primary

1596

39.13

  Secondary

1674

41.86

  Tertiary

407

10.37

 Comprehensive knowledge of HIV

  No

2893

72.12

  Yes

1144

27.88

 Caregiver ever tested for HIV

  No

1847

45.69

  Yes

2190

54.31

  1. % Percentage