Table 2.
Knowledge of ways of contracting HIV/AIDS in relation to age
| Method of contracting HIV/AIDS | Age (Years) | Chi-square | p-value | |
| < 30 | 30 and above | |||
| Frequency (%) | Frequency (%) | |||
| (N = 143) | (N = 145) | |||
| Having sex with an infected person | 140 (97.9) | 136 (93.8) | 3.04 | 0.08 |
| Receiving infected blood during blood transfusion | 132 (92.3) | 132 (91.0) | 0.15 | 0.70 |
| Sharing needles/syringes contaminated with infected blood |
120 (83.9) | 131 (90.3) | 2.66 | 0.10 |
| Accidental needle pricks contaminated with infected blood |
107 (74.8) | 112 (77.2) | 0.23 | 0.63 |
| Mother to unborn child | 89 (62.2) | 98 (67.6) | 0.90 | 0.34 |
| Through mosquito bites | 13 (9.1) | 4 (2.8) | 5.20 | 0.02* |
| Through body contact like hugging, dancing and shaking hands with infected person |
3 (2.1) | 5 (3.4) | 0.12 | 0.74 |
*
Statistically significant (p<0.05)