Table 5.
Descriptive ANOVA on the relationship between socio-demographic characteristics of respondents and knowledge of HIV/AIDS.
| Socio-demographic characteristics | Relationship between socio-demographic and economic characteristics knowledge of HIV/AIDS |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sum of squares | df | Mean square | F−val | F−tab | p < .05 Sig. | ||
| Marital status | Between group | 9.456 | 2 | 4.728 | 5.055 | 19.50 | .007 |
| Within group | 843.627 | 902 | 0.935 | ||||
| Total | 853.083 | 904 | |||||
| Educational level | Between group | 4.897 | 2 | 2.448 | 1.562 | 19.50 | .210 |
| Within group | 1413.622 | 902 | 1.567 | ||||
| Total | 1418.519 | 904 | |||||
| Sex of respondents | Between group | 1.768 | 2 | 0.884 | 3.551 | 19.50 | .029 |
| Within group | 224.482 | 902 | 0.249 | ||||
| Total | 226.250 | 904 | |||||
| Religion | Between group | 0.038 | 2 | 0.019 | 0.137 | 19.50 | .872 |
| Within group | 123.149 | 902 | 0.137 | ||||
| Total | 123.187 | 904 | |||||
| Occupation | Between group | 6.806 | 2 | 3.403 | 1.611 | 19.50 | .200 |
| Within group | 1905.795 | 902 | 2.113 | ||||
| Total | 1912.601 | 904 | |||||
| Income | Between group | 7.675 | 2 | 3.837 | 1.373 | 19.50 | .254 |
| Within group | 2520.495 | 902 | 2.794 | ||||
| Total | 2528.170 | 904 | |||||
Source: Author's field survey (2009).
Note: Significant at p < .05.