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. 2003 Jun;93(6):917–919. doi: 10.2105/ajph.93.6.917

TABLE 1—

Responses to HIV and AIDS Risk Assessment Test (N = 134)

Answers, % of Participants
Situation No Risk Low Risk Medium Risk High Risk Don’t Know
Working every day 65.7 16.4 7.5 9.7 0.7
Sharing a drinking glass 61.2 13.4 7.5 17.2 0.7
Having vaginal sexual intercourse without a condom 2.2 0.7 4.5 92.5 0
Having vaginal sexual intercourse with a properly used condom 34.3 32.1 14.2 17.9 1.5
Kissing on the cheek 69.4 13.4 7.5 9.7 0
Kissing intimately 38.8 23.9 12.7 23.9 0.7
Receiving an (unscreened) transfusion 3.7 1.5 2.2 92.5 0
Being bitten by a mosquito 31.3 17.2 20.9 28.4 2.2
Being sneezed on 47.8 19.4 20.1 10.4 2.2

Note. Participants were asked to rate each of the hypothetical situations between a person without HIV or AIDS and a person with HIV or AIDS as carrying no risk, low risk, medium risk, or high risk of contracting HIV for the person without HIV or AIDS. (Correct answers are in boldface type.)