Table 4 Prevalence and risk factors of lack of knowledge about HIV/AIDS transmission
Variable | Category | N | Lack of knowledge | OR (95% CI)(a) | P–value(a) | P–value(b) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Number (%) | ||||||
Prevalence | 1543 | 757 (49.1) | ||||
Age (years) | < 40 | 1246 | 596 (47.8) | 1.0 | 0.035 | 0.11 |
≥ 40 | 243 | 136 (56.0) | 1.35 (1.02–1.77) | |||
Gender | Female | 556 | 228 (41.8) | 1.0 | < 0.0001 | 0.0005 |
Male | 997 | 529 (53.1) | 1.73 (1.39–2.15) | |||
Educational level | Primary | 131 | 94 (71.7) | 3.72 (2.44–5.65) | < 0.0001 | 0.0009 |
Secondary | 480 | 310 (64.6) | 2.87 (2.26–3.64) | |||
Higher | 883 | 330 (37.4) | 1.0 | |||
Marital Status | Married | 821 | 413 (50.3) | 1.20 (0.97–1.48) | 0.10 | 0.24 |
Single | 604 | 278 (46.0) | 1.0 | |||
Job Category | Executive | 84 | 30 (35.7) | 1.0 | < 0.0001 | 0.026 |
Administrative | 400 | 151 (37.8) | 1.16 (0.70–1.90) | |||
Manual labor | 737 | 444 (60.2) | 2.93 (1.82–4.73) | |||
Other | 322 | 132 (41.0) | 1.47 (0.88–2.45) | |||
HIV Program Exposure | Yes | 1038 | 438 (42.2) | 1.0 | < 0.0001 | < 0.0001 |
No | 452 | 292 (64.6) | 2.26 (1.79–2.86) |