Table 4 Association of HIV/AIDS knowledge and socio-demographic characteristics
Independent variables | Na | HIV/AIDS comprehensive knowledge | X2 value | P value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
“Do not have” | “Have” b | ||||
Age (years) | 27.77 | < 0.001 | |||
15–19 | 1565 | 799(51.1%) | 766(48.9%) | ||
20–24 | 390 | 141(36.2%) | 249(63.8%) | ||
Religion | 3.97 | 0.410 | |||
Catholic | 772 | 387(50.1%) | 385(49.9%) | ||
Protestant | 605 | 278(46.0%) | 327(54.0%) | ||
Muslim | 244 | 109(44.7%) | 135(55.3%) | ||
Pentecostal | 282 | 141(50.0%) | 141(50.0%) | ||
Others | 53 | 26(49.1%) | 27(50.9%) | ||
Educational level | 134.37 | < 0.001 | |||
No education | 42 | 34(81.0%) | 8(19.0%) | ||
Primary | 1056 | 617(58.4%) | 439(41.6%) | ||
Secondary | 727 | 247(34.0%) | 480(66.0%) | ||
Higher | 130 | 42(32.3%) | 88(67.7%) | ||
Place of residence | 44.57 | < 0.001 | |||
Urban | 493 | 173(35.1%) | 320(64.9%) | ||
Rural | 1462 | 767(52.5%) | 695(47.5%) | ||
Wealth index | 72.04 | < 0.001 | |||
Poorest | 219 | 149(68.0%) | 70(32.0%) | ||
Poorer | 267 | 155(58.1%) | 112(41.9%) | ||
Middle | 341 | 169(49.6%) | 172(50.4%) | ||
Richer | 465 | 212(45.6%) | 253(54.4%) | ||
Richest | 662 | 254(38.4%) | 408(61.6%) | ||
Ever been tested for HIV/AIDS | 42.71 | < 0.001 | |||
No | 1044 | 574(55.0%) | 470(45.0%) | ||
Yes | 911 | 366(40.2%) | 545(59.8%) | ||
Mass media (frequency of listening to radio/watching TV/reading newspaper or magazine) | 13.04 | < 0.001 | |||
Not at all | 166 | 102(61.4%) | 64(38.6%) | ||
At least once a week | 1784 | 835(46.8%) | 949(53.2%) | ||