Table 1.
Socio-demographic characteristics and knowledge about HIV/AIDS/STDs
| Characteristics | Men No. (%) |
Women No. (%) |
Total No. (%) |
|---|---|---|---|
| No. of respondents | 272 (43.2) | 358 (56.8) | 630 |
| Age group | |||
| ≤19 years | 45 (16.5) | 68 (19.0) | 113 (17.9) |
| 20–24 years | 154 (56.6) | 185 (51.7) | 339 (53.8) |
| 25–29 years | 73 (26.8) | 105 (29.3) | 178 (28.3) |
| Mean age (SD) | 22.7 (2.9) | 22.7 (3.1) | 22.8 (3.1) |
| Education | |||
| Never in school | 4 (1.5) | 2 (0.6) | 6 (1.0) |
| Primary school | 6 (2.2) | 6 (1.7) | 12 (1.9) |
| Secondary school | 42 (15.4) | 61 (17.1) | 103 (16.4) |
| High school | 134 (49.3) | 139 (38.9) | 273 (43.4) |
| Vocational/diploma | 43 (5.8) | 77 (21.6) | 120 (19.1) |
| Bachelor’s degree | 42 (15.4) | 66 (18.5) | 108 (17.2) |
| Graduate study | 1 (0.4) | 6 (1.7) | 7 (1.1) |
| Kinh ethnicity | 268 (98.9) | 352 (99.2) | 620 (99.0) |
| Occupation | |||
| Student | 86 (31.6) | 114 (31.9) | 200 (31.8) |
| Agriculture | 5 (1.8) | 5 (1.4) | 10 (1.6) |
| Wage-labor | 68 (25.0) | 58 (16.2) | 126 (20.0) |
| Officer | 22 (8.1) | 50 (14.0) | 72 (11.4) |
| Business | 23 (8.5) | 49 (13.7) | 72 (11.4) |
| Others | 37 (13.6) | 50 (14.0) | 87 (13.8) |
| Unemployed | 31 (11.4) | 32 (8.9) | 63 (10.0) |
| Monthly income level (VND) | |||
| <500,000 | 151 (55.5) | 223 (62.3) | 374 (59.4) |
| 500,000–1,000,000 | 81 (29.8) | 115 (32.1) | 196 (31.1) |
| >1,000,000 | 40 (14.7) | 20 (5.6) | 60 (9.5) |
| Mean income level | 616,200 | 523,627 | 563,160 |
| Marital status | |||
| Single | 226 (83.1) | 227 (63.4) | 453 (71.9) |
| Married | 43 (15.8) | 123 (34.4) | 166 (26.3) |
| Divorced | 0 | 3 (0.8) | 3 (0.5) |
| Separated | 3 (1.1) | 5 (1.4) | 8 (1.3) |
| Mean knowledge score (SD) | 7.8 (0.93) | 7.7 (1.08) | 7.7 (1.02) |
Totals do not add up to 100% for some variables because of missing values