Table 2.
Characteristics of the study populations, behavioral surveys on HIV, Ethiopia, 2005 (N = 14,524)
| Target groups | Number | Percent |
| Teachers | 696 | 4.79 |
| Population of Ante natal care catchments areas | 5,207 | 35.85 |
| Long distance truck drivers | 600 | 4.13 |
| Intercity bus drivers | 600 | 4.13 |
| Pastoralists | 1,608 | 11.07 |
| Road construction workers | 1,623 | 11.17 |
| Female sex workers | 1,398 | 9.63 |
| Police force | 1,071 | 7.37 |
| Defense forces | 1,305 | 8.99 |
| Factory workers | 416 | 2.86 |
| Age of respondents | ||
| 15 – 24 | 5,383 | 38.03 |
| 25–34 | 5,272 | 37.25 |
| 35–59 | 3,498 | 24.72 |
| Education | ||
| Non literate | 4,257 | 30.28 |
| Primary education | 4,521 | 32.16 |
| Secondary and above | 5,279 | 37.55 |
| Sex of respondents | ||
| Female | 5,276 | 36.33 |
| Male | 9,246 | 63.67 |
| Programmatically important preventive methods (a) | ||
| Knows none | 1,469 | 10.11 |
| Knows one | 1,312 | 9.03 |
| Knows two | 3,440 | 23.68 |
| Knows three | 8,303 | 57.17 |
| Misconceptions to common three (b) | ||
| Have at least one misconception | 10,925 | 75.22 |
| No misconception | 3,599 | 24.78 |
| misconceptions to six questions | ||
| No misconception | 3,013 | 20.74 |
| Have misconception_one | 2,924 | 20.13 |
| Have misconcpetion_more than one | 8,587 | 59.12 |
| Comprehensive knowledge (a+b) | ||
| No comprehensive knowledge | 11,837 | 81.5 |
| Has comprehensive knowledge | 2,687 | 18.5 |
| Condom use last sex with paid/paying partner (n = 2,103) | ||
| Did not use condom | 67 | 3.19 |
| Used condom | 2,036 | 96.81 |
| Consistent condom use with paid partner (n = 2103) | ||
| Did not use condom | 210 | 9.99 |
| Used condom | 1,893 | 90.01 |
| Condom use with non regular partner (n = 668) | ||
| Did not use condom | 162 | 24.25 |
| Used condom | 506 | 75.75 |
| Consistent condom use with non regular partner (n = 668) | ||
| Did not use condom | 221 | 33.08 |
| Used condom | 447 | 66.92 |