Table 4. Correct responses to HIV knowledge items among FEWs who had and who had not been tested for HIV.
| HIV knowledge items | Total (n = 667) |
HIV testing in the past 6 months | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yes (n = 352) | OR (95% CI) * | ||
| Is AIDS spread by kissing? (No)† | 619 (92.9) | 329 (53.2) | 1.29 (0.71–2.34) |
| Can a person get AIDS by sharing bathrooms with someone with HIV? (No) | 606 (90.9) | 328 (54.1) | 1.82 (1.06–3.12) |
| Can men give HIV to women? (Yes) | 645 (96.7) | 342 (53.0) | 1.35 (0.58–3.18) |
| Can women give HIV to men? (Yes) | 641 (96.1) | 343 (53.5) | 2.17 (0.96–4.95) |
| Must a person have many different partners to get HIV? (No) | 125 (18.8) | 64 (51.2) | 0.93 (0.63–1.38) |
| Can you get HIV by touching someone with HIV? (No) | 611 (91.6) | 323 (52.9) | 1.04 (0.60–1.81) |
| Does washing after sex help protect against HIV? (No) | 469 (70.4) | 265 (56.5) | 1.68 (1.20–2.35) |
| Is AIDS caused by spirits/supernatural forces? (No) | 609 (91.7) | 323 (53.0) | 1.17 (0.67–2.03) |
| Can a pregnant woman give AIDS to her baby? (Yes) | 432 (64.9) | 224 (51.9) | 0.91 (0.66–1.25) |
| Can a person get rid of AIDS by having sex with a virgin? (No) | 441 (66.1) | 238 (54.0) | 1.15 (0.84–1.59) |
| Is HIV the virus that causes AIDS? (Yes) | 384 (57.6) | 208 (54.2) | 1.14 (0.84–1.55) |
| Is there a cure for AIDS? (No) | 567 (85.0) | 309 (54.5) | 1.59 (1.03–2.44) |
Abbreviations: AIDS, acquired immune deficiency syndrome; CI, confidence interval; FEWs, female entertainment workers; HIV, human immunodeficiency virus; OR, odds ratio.
Values are number (%) of respondents who answered correctly to the HIV knowledge items.
*Chi-square test (or Fisher’s exact test when a cell count was smaller than one) was used.
†Correct responses are shown in parentheses.