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. 2012 Sep;12(3):291–296. doi: 10.4314/ahs.v12i3.7

Table 3.

Knowledge of ways of preventing 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)
Avoidance of multiple sex partners 129 (90.8) 125 (92.6) 0.28 0.60
Use of condom during sex 117 (82.4) 127 (94.1) 9.0 0.003*
Avoidance of sharing needles, clippers and
blades when cutting hairs and nails
107 (75.4) 114 (84.4) 3.55 0.06
Screening blood before transfusion 103 (72.5) 110 (81.5) 3.12 0.08
Avoidance of pregnancy in an infected woman 73 (51.4) 70 (51.9) 0.01 0.94
Avoidance of self injection of drug 35 (24.6) 51 (37.8) 5.57 0.02*
*

Statistically significant (p<0.05)