Table 2.
Bivariate analysis of participants with good or poor knowledge
| Statement (n = 621) | Poor HIV knowledge Frequency N (row %) N = 285 |
Good HIV knowledge Frequency N (row %) N = 336 |
p value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sex n = 621 | |||
| Male | 121 (49.8) | 122 (50.2) | 0.103 |
| Female | 163 (43.1) | 215 (56.9) | |
| Sexual orientation | |||
| Heterosexual | 144 (27.4) | 426 (72.6) | 0.525 |
| Homosexual | 3 (21.4) | 11 (78.6) | |
| Bisexual | 1 (14.3) | 6 (85.7) | |
| Missing data | 8 (26.6) | 22 (73.4) | |
| Age n = 621 | |||
| 18–29 | 118 (48.2) | 127 (58.8) | 0.448 |
| 30–44 | 104 (48.8) | 123 (54.2) | |
| ≥ 45 | 62 (41.6) | 87 (58.4) | |
| Native language | |||
| French or Portuguese | 222 (36.4%) | 288 (63.6%) | 0.011 |
| Creole, Amerindian and others | 63 (56.8%) | 48 (43.2%) | |
| Education level | |||
| Any level to middle school | 138 (50.9) | 133 (49.1) | 0.022 |
| High school to University | 147 (42.0) | 203 (58.0) | |
| Income | |||
| Paid employment | 42 (41.2) | 60 (58.8) | 0.105 |
| Informal work | 35 (50.7) | 34 (49.3) | |
| Social allowance | 75 (44.9) | 92 (55.1) | |
| None | 100 (43.3) | 131 (56.7) | |
| Others | 29 (63.0) | 17 (37.0) | |
| Missing data | 3 (50.0) | 3 (50.0) | |
| Mean number of HIV information sources [IC95%] | 1.65 [1.55–1.76] | 2.12 [1.97–2.27] | < 0.001 |
| Last HIV test | |||
| Less than a year | 89 (36.5) | 155 (63.5) | 0.021 |
| More than a year | 108 (48.6) | 122 (51.4) | |
| Missing data | 87 (59.2) | 60 (40.8) | |
| Would you do an HIV test in the future? | |||
| Yes | 230 (43.5) | 299 (56.5) | 0.066 |
| No | 37 (56.1) | 29 (43.9) | |
| Missing Data | 17 (65.4) | 9 (34.6) | |
| Do you know a PLHIVa? | |||
| Yes | 89 (36.5) | 155 (63.5) | 0.001 |
| No | 174 (50.9) | 168 (49.1) | |
| Missing Data | 21 (60.0) | 14 (40.0) | |
aPLHIV: people living with HIV