Table 3.

One-way ANOVA for discriminatory attitudes of healthcare workers with selected independent variables

Variable	No. of cases	Mean	95% CI	p value
Sex				0.046
Male	315	37.4	35.5–39.4
Female	211	34.9	32.6–37.1
Religion				0.010
Muslim	427	35.5	33.9–37.1
Hindu, Christian, and Buddhist	99	40.4	36.7–44.1
Marital status				0.022
Married	317	37.8	35.8–39.8
Single	209	34.3	32.2–36.4
Region of workplace				0.001
Dhaka	329	34.3	32.6–36.1
Sylhet	92	36.4	32.9–39.9
Chittagong	105	43.1	39.3–46.8
Watching television				0.001
Yes	388	34.3	32.7–35.9
No	138	42.4	39.3–45.5
Type of hospital				0.001
Teaching hospital		38.6	36.9–40.3
Non-teaching hospital	26	24.7	21.6–27.8
Diagnostic centre	85	29.3	26.6–31.9
Occupation				0.001
Doctor	160	28.8	27.2–30.4
Nurse/paramedic	135	35.0	32.2–37.8
Medical technician	87	31.4	28.4–34.4
Support staff	144	49.2	46.1–52.3
Have any direct contact with HIV-positive people				0.160
Yes	172	34.9	32.3–37.5
No	354	37.2	35.4–38.9
Have present in workplace while HIV-positive people were treated there				0.866
Yes	192	36.2	33.7–38.8
No	334	36.5	34.7–38.3

ANOVA=Analysis of variance;

CI=Confidence interval;

HIV=Human immunodeficiency virus