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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of study participants by intervention

From: Effectiveness of a mobile phone application to increase access to sexual and reproductive health information, goods, and services among university students in Uganda: a randomized controlled trial

Characteristic

APP-SRH

SOC-SRH

All

 

(n = 556)

(n = 556)

(n = 1112)

Age at entry, years

21 (2 [10, 11];)

21 (2 [10, 11];)

21 (2 [10, 11];)

Sex

 Male

214 (38.5)

193 (34.7)

407 (36.0)

 Female

342 (61.5)

363 (65.3)

705 (63.4)

Residence

 Campus hall

137 (24.6)

133 (23.9)

207 (24.3)

 Off-campus hostel

301 (54.1)

317 (57.0)

618 (55.6)

 Rental home

104 (18.7)

86 (15.5)

190 (17.1)

 Own home

02 (0.36)

03 (0.5)

05 (0.45)

 Parent/ Guardian home

12 (2.16)

17 (3.1)

29 (2.6)

Hometown

 Urban

231 (41.6)

228 (41.0)

459 (41.3)

 Peri-urban

184 (33.1)

189 (33.9)

373 (33.5)

 Rural

141 (25.4)

139 (25.0)

280 (25.2)

Marital status

 Relationship

298 (53.6)

299 (53.8)

594 (53.7)

 Single

239 (42.9)

241 (43.4)

480 (43.2)

 Cohabiting

13 (2.3)

08 (1.4)

21 (1.89)

 Married

04 (0.7)

08 (1.4)

12 (1.08)

 Divorced

01 (0.2)

00 (0.0)

01 (0.09)

 Widowed

01 (0.2)

00 (0.0)

01 (0.09)

Year of study

 First

174 (31.3)

195 (35.1)

369 (33.2)

 Second

209 (37.6)

201 (36.2)

410 (36.9)

 Third

147 (26.4)

134 (24.1)

281 (25.3)

 Fourth

24 (4.3)

26 (4.68)

50 (4.5)

 Fifth

02 (0.36)

00 (0.0)

02 (0.18)

Employment

 Unemployed

475 (85.4)

495 (89.0)

970 (87.2)

 Employed

46 (8.3)

37 (6.7)

83 (7.5)

 Volunteer

01 (0.18)

02 (0.4)

03 (0.27)

 Self-employed

34 (6.1)

22 (3.9)

56 (5.04)

Religion

 Christian

500 (89.9)

486 (87.4)

986 (88.7)

 Muslim

43 (7.7)

45 (8.1)

88 (7.9)

 Others

13 (2.3)

25 (4.5)

38 (3.4)