Table 3.
AIDS knowledge by selected socio-economic variables
Characteristics | Unadjusted comparison | Multiple logistic regression | ||||
N (% yes¶) | P | OR | 95% CI | P | ||
Slum | Non-slum | 480 (82.3) | 0.001 | 1.00 | ||
Slum | 120 (69.2) | 0.70 | 0.40–1.12 | 0.125 | ||
Place of residence | Town/city | 169 (95.3) | 1.00 | |||
Country side | 431 (73.5) | <0.001 | 0.20 | 0.09–0.43 | <0.001 | |
Composite variable of household characteristics | Poor | 169 (63.9) | 1.00 | |||
Not-poor | 428 (85.7) | <0.001 | 1.51 | 0.93–2.46 | 0.099 | |
Composite variable of mass media access | Not at all | 114 (50.9) | 1.00 | |||
At least one media | 485 (86.4) | <0.001 | 3.46 | 2.13–5.63 | <0.001 | |
Education | No education | 199 (62.8) | 1.00 | |||
1–5 years education | 173 (80.3) | <0.001 | 2.15 | 1.27–3.62 | 0.004 | |
6+ years education | 228 (93.9) | <0.001 | 5.42 | 2.77–10.60 | <0.001 |
¶Percentage of reporting ever heard about AIDS