Table 3.
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)