Table 2.
HIV knowledge and ART knowledge by sex and HIV status1
|
HIV knowledge by sex and HIV status | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Variable |
Total |
Male |
Female |
HIV negative |
HIV positive |
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| (n) | (%) | n | (%) | n | (%) | n | (%) | ||
|
Total |
9, 461 |
3, 881 |
(41) |
5, 575 |
(59) |
8, 848 |
(94) |
581 |
(6) |
| Ever heard about HIV? |
|
|
|||||||
| Yes |
9, 236 |
3, 817 |
(98) |
5, 419 |
(97) |
8, 622 |
(98) |
577 |
(99) |
| No |
213 |
64 |
(2) |
149 |
(3) |
209 |
(2) |
4 |
(1) |
| Can correctly name 3 or modes of transmission |
|
|
|||||||
| Yes |
3, 519 |
1, 958 |
(50) |
1, 561 |
(28) |
3, 272 |
(37) |
234 |
(40) |
| No |
5, 942 |
1, 928 |
(50) |
4, 014 |
(72) |
5, 576 |
(63) |
347 |
(60) |
| Know healthy looking people can have HIV? |
|
|
|||||||
| Yes |
6, 527 |
2, 862 |
(75) |
3, 665 |
(68) |
6, 071 |
(70) |
429 |
(74) |
| No |
2, 712 |
956 |
(25) |
1, 756 |
(32) |
2, 554 |
(30) |
128 |
(26) |
| Know mosquito bites cannot spread AIDS |
|
|
|||||||
| Yes |
5, 665 |
2, 508 |
(66) |
3, 157 |
(58) |
5, 316 |
(62) |
331 |
(57) |
| No |
3, 574 |
1, 310 |
(34) |
2, 264 |
(42) |
3, 309 |
(38) |
246 |
(43) |
| Know AIDS cannot be transmitted by sharing cups and plates |
|
|
|||||||
| Yes |
6, 286 |
2, 719 |
(71) |
3, 567 |
(66) |
5, 874 |
(68) |
397 |
(69) |
| No |
2, 953 |
1, 099 |
(29) |
1, 854 |
(34) |
2, 751 |
(32) |
180 |
(31) |
| Know AIDS cannot be transmitted by kissing |
|
|
|||||||
| Yes |
4, 607 |
2, 185 |
(57) |
2, 422 |
(45) |
4, 307 |
(50) |
286 |
(50) |
| No |
4, 632 |
1, 633 |
(43) |
2, 999 |
(55) |
4, 318 |
(50) |
291 |
(50) |
| HIV knowledge (composite indicator) |
|
|
|||||||
| Good |
5, 403 |
2, 695 |
(69) |
2, 708 |
(49) |
5, 046 |
(57) |
341 |
(59) |
| Fair |
3, 095 |
926 |
(24) |
2, 169 |
(39) |
2, 891 |
(33) |
191 |
(33) |
| Poor |
963 |
265 |
(7) |
698 |
(13) |
911 |
(10) |
91 |
(8) |
|
ART knowledge by sex and HIV status | |||||||||
| Total |
9, 641 |
3, 881 |
(41) |
5, 575 |
(59) |
8, 848 |
(94) |
581 |
(6) |
| Know someone taking ART |
|
|
|||||||
| Yes |
1, 471 |
655 |
(17) |
816 |
(15) |
1, 349 |
(15) |
116 |
(20) |
| No |
7, 977 |
3, 225 |
(83) |
4, 752 |
(85) |
7, 481 |
(85) |
465 |
(80) |
| Has correct knowledge of where ART is available locally |
|
|
|||||||
| Yes |
2, 968 |
1, 437 |
(37) |
1, 531 |
(27) |
2, 731 |
(31) |
228 |
(39) |
| No |
6, 493 |
2, 449 |
(63) |
4, 044 |
(73) |
6, 117 |
(69) |
353 |
(61) |
| Knows ART can only slow down HIV, not stop it |
|
|
|||||||
| Yes |
7, 060 |
3, 240 |
(83) |
3, 820 |
(69) |
6, 582 |
(75) |
455 |
(78) |
| No |
2, 392 |
642 |
(17) |
1, 750 |
(31) |
2, 252 |
(25) |
126 |
(22) |
| Does not think ART drugs are dangerous and can kill people |
|
|
|||||||
| Yes |
3, 137 |
1, 503 |
(39) |
1, 634 |
(29) |
2, 922 |
(33) |
204 |
(35) |
| No |
6, 315 |
2, 379 |
(61) |
3, 936 |
(71) |
5, 912 |
(67) |
377 |
(65) |
| Knows ART drugs have to be useful for life |
|
|
|||||||
| Yes |
4, 103 |
2, 082 |
(54) |
2, 021 |
(36) |
3, 810 |
(43) |
278 |
(48) |
| No |
5, 346 |
1, 799 |
(46) |
3, 547 |
(64) |
5, 021 |
(57) |
303 |
(52) |
| Knows ART drugs are available free of charge in Tanzania |
|
|
|||||||
| Yes |
4, 146 |
1, 936 |
(50) |
2, 210 |
(40) |
3, 831 |
(43) |
298 |
(51) |
| No |
5, 305 |
1, 946 |
(50) |
3, 359 |
(60) |
5, 002 |
(57) |
283 |
(49) |
| Knows that not everyone who is infected needs ART |
|
|
|||||||
| Yes |
731 |
261 |
(7) |
470 |
(8) |
681 |
(8) |
48 |
(8) |
| No |
8, 715 |
3, 618 |
(93) |
5, 097 |
(92) |
8, 148 |
(92) |
532 |
(92) |
| Knowledge of ART (composite indicator) |
|
|
|||||||
| Good |
1, 198 |
613 |
(16) |
585 |
(10) |
1, 089 |
(12) |
103 |
(18) |
| Fair |
5, 241 |
2, 361 |
(61) |
2, 880 |
(52) |
4, 900 |
(55) |
325 |
(56) |
| Poor | 3, 022 | 912 | (23) | 2, 110 | (38) | 2, 859 | (32) | 153 | (26) |
1All percentages in this table are column percentages for each variable except the first row of the table which gives the percentage of all (i.e. 41% respondents were male, 94% were HIV negatives).