Table 5 Association of acceptance attitude towards PLWHIV and socio-demographic characteristics
Independent variables | Na | Acceptance attitude towards PLWHIV | X2 value | P value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
“Do not have” | “Have” | ||||
Age (years) | 11.16 | 0.001 | |||
15–19 | 1567 | 1268(80.9%) | 299(19.1%) | ||
20–24 | 389 | 285(73.3%) | 104(26.7%) | ||
Religion | 7.67 | 0.104 | |||
Catholic | 772 | 593(76.8%) | 179(23.2%) | ||
Protestant | 604 | 480(79.5%) | 124(20.5%) | ||
Muslim | 245 | 202(82.4%) | 43(17.6%) | ||
Pentecostal | 281 | 233(82.9%) | 48(17.1%) | ||
Others | 53 | 45(84.9%) | 8(15.1%) | ||
Educational level | 33.77 | < 0.001 | |||
No education | 43 | 37(86.0%) | 6(14.0%) | ||
Primary | 1058 | 888(83.9%) | 170(16.1%) | ||
Secondary | 726 | 535(73.7%) | 191(26.3%) | ||
Higher | 130 | 93(71.5%) | 37(28.5%) | ||
Place of residence | 4.36 | 0.037 | |||
Urban | 494 | 376(76.1%) | 118(23.9%) | ||
Rural | 1462 | 1177(80.5%) | 285(19.5%) | ||
Wealth index | 4.24 | 0.375 | |||
Poorest | 220 | 179(81.4%) | 41(18.6%) | ||
Poorer | 268 | 213(79.5%) | 55(20.5%) | ||
Middle | 341 | 275(80.6%) | 66(19.4%) | ||
Richer | 466 | 378(81.1%) | 88(18.9%) | ||
Richest | 662 | 509(76.9%) | 153(23.1%) | ||
Ever been tested for HIV/AIDS | 31.78 | < 0.001 | |||
No | 1045 | 880(84.2%) | 165(15.8%) | ||
Yes | 911 | 673(73.9%) | 238(26.1%) | ||
Mass media (frequency of listening to radio/watching TV/reading newspaper or magazine) | 2.70 | 0.100 | |||
Not at all | 166 | 140(84.3%) | 26(15.7%) | ||
At least once a week | 1786 | 1410(78.9%) | 376(21.1%) | ||
HIV/AIDS comprehensive knowledge | 33.56 | < 0.001 | |||
“Do not have” | 940 | 798(84.9%) | 142(15.1%) | ||
“Have” | 1015 | 754(74.3%) | 261(25.7%) | ||