Table 1.
Sociodemographic characteristics of study respondents
| HIV status of respondents | χ 2 | P* | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
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| HIV negative, n (%) | HIV positive, n (%) | |||
| Age group (years) | ||||
| <25 | 28 (25.5) | 28 (25.5) | 0.533 | 0.970 |
| 25–29 | 55 (50) | 51 (46.4) | ||
| 30–34 | 8 (7.3) | 9 (8.2) | ||
| 35–39 | 13 (11.8) | 14 (12.7) | ||
| 40–44 | 6 (5.5) | 8 (7.3) | ||
| Parity | ||||
| Para 1 | 10 (9.1) | 10 (9.1) | 0.212 | 0.899 |
| Para 2–4 | 71 (64.5) | 68 (61.8) | ||
| Para 5+ | 29 (26.4) | 32 (29.1) | ||
| Educational level of respondents | ||||
| Informal | 0 (0) | 15 (13.6) | 94.399 | <0.001 |
| Primary | 5 (4.5) | 59 (53.6) | ||
| Secondary | 35 (31.8) | 13 (11.8) | ||
| Tertiary | 70 (63.6) | 23 (20.9) | ||
| Socioeconomic status | ||||
| High class | 70 (63.6) | 14 (12.7) | 63.642 | <0.001 |
| Middle class | 27 (24.5) | 47 (42.7) | ||
| Low class | 13 (11.8) | 49 (44.5) | ||
| Religion | ||||
| Christianity | 98 (89.1) | 104 (94.5) | 2.649 | 0.266 |
| Islam | 11 (10.0) | 6 (5.5) | ||
| Traditional African Religion | 1 (0.9) | 0 (0.0) | ||
*Derived from Chi-square test. HIV=Human immunodeficiency virus