Understanding the effect of gender-based violence on uptake and utilisation of HIV prevention, treatment, and care services among transgender women: a qualitative study in the greater Kampala metropolitan area, Uganda

Table 1 Sociodemographic characteristics of transwomen in the GKMA

Variable	Freq (N = 60)	Percentage (%)
District of residence
Kampala	21	35.0
Mukono	6	10.0
Wakiso	33	55.0
Age groups (years)
18–24	46	76.7
Above 24	14	23.3
Education level
No formal education	1	1.7
Primary	10	16.7
Secondary	48	63.3
Tertiary	11	18.3
Marital Status
Not married	55	91.7
Married	5	8.3
People respondent lives with
Family home	14	23.3
Rented home without family members	21	35
Homeless	25	41.7
Religion
Catholic	18	30
Protestant	14	23.3
Muslim	20	33.3
Pentecostal	5	8.3
Seventh-day Adventist	2	3.3
Other	1	1.8
Main source of income
Salaried	9	15
Self-employed	6	10
Casual work	7	11.7
Sex work	36	60.0
Other sources	2	3.3
Sex work (N = 36)
Street-based	2	5.6
Entertainment place-based	7	19.4
Residence/home-based	21	58.3
Other	6	16.7
Length of time involved in sex work (n = 36)
From 1–5 years	30	83.3
From 6–10 years	4	11.1
From 11–15 years	2	5.6

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