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. 2016 Jan 20;9:10.3402/gha.v9.29060. doi: 10.3402/gha.v9.29060

Table 1.

Significant association between univariate socio-demographic factor and HIV infection

Variable HIV negative HIV positive Chi-square p
Education level
 Grade 0–Grade 4 1 (0.5) 6 (6.1) 0.010
 Grade 5–Grade 8 17 (8.5) 6 (6.1)
 Grade 9–Grade 12 132 (66) 55 (55.6)
 College/university 50 (25) 32 (32.2) 11.46
Source of economic support
 Parents 87 (43.5) 19 (19) 0.004
 Partner 93 (46.5) 65 (65)
 Self 9 (4.5) 7 (7)
 Other 11 (5.5) 9 (9) 17.3174
Main source of HIV-related information
 Health units only 123 (61.5) 80 (80) 0.034
 Health units and school 47 (23.5) 7 (7)
 Health unit/TV/radio + other 27 (13.5) 12 (12)
 Other (magazine/friends/relatives) 3 (1.5) 1 (1) 13.57
Variable Mean±SD Mean±SD t-statistic p
 Mean age of respondents 24.6±5.5 26.2±4.9 2.41 0.015
 Mean number of sexual partners 2.8±1.7 3.6±1.7 3.47 0.006
 Mean age of regular partner 29.2±6.9 32.0±6.5 3.81 0.001
Mean age difference with regular partner (years) Age group of respondents (years) Mean difference±SD Mean difference±SD t-Statistic p
  <0 3.0±2.3 10.0±4.2 6.55 <0.001
 20–24 5.1±4.0 5.1±2.9 0.001 0.992
 26–29 5.5±3.6 5.6±4.0 1.770 0.860
 30–42 4.5±3.2 6.7±6.1 1.860 0.068