Table 1.
Differences in knowledge and stigmatizing attitudes about HIV infection by characteristics of participants (n = 208).
| Variables | Categories | n (%) | Knowledge | Stigmatizing Attitude | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean (SD) | t/F | Mean (SD) | t/F | |||
| Age | 20–24 | 87 (41.8) | 13.6 (5.30) | −0.813 | 64.5 (11.00) | 0.398 |
| 25–29 | 121 (58.2) | 14.2 (5.27) | 63.8 (11.75) | |||
| Marital status | Unmarried | 196 (94.2) | 13.8 (5.30) | −1.283 | 64.2 (11.57) | 0.528 |
| Married | 12 (5.8) | 15.8 (4.80) | 62.4 (8.87) | |||
| Education level | ≤High school | 35 (16.8) | 12.0 (6.60) | 3.019 * | 64.0 (10.85) | 0.027 |
| In college | 81 (38.9) | 14.1 (5.09) | 63.9 (11.31) | |||
| ≥College | 92 (44.2) | 14.5 (4.75) | 64.3 (11.84) | |||
| Economic status | ≤Mid-to-low | 84 (40.4) | 14.8 (4.71) | 1.919 * | 62.6 (11.20) | −1.606 |
| ≥Mid-to-high | 124 (59.6) | 13.4 (5.58) | 65.2 (11.49) | |||
| Employment | Yes | 102 (49.0) | 14.4 (5.21) | 1.219 | 62.6 (10.68) | −1.910 * |
| No | 106 (51.0) | 13.5 (5.34) | 65.6 (11.95) | |||
| Meeting PLHIV 1 | Yes | 4 (1.9) | 13.8 (3.59) | −0.072 | 74.5 (9.71) | 1.848 * |
| No | 204 (98.1) | 13.9 (5.32) | 63.9 (11.38) | |||
| HIV education | Yes | 96 (46.2) | 15.1 (4.38) | 3.156 ** | 63.3 (12.08) | −0.921 |
| No | 112 (53.8) | 12.9 (5.77) | 64.8 (10.83) | |||
| HIV testing | Yes | 6 (2.9) | 16.7 (6.38) | 1.286 | 67.5 (3.73) | 0.737 |
| voluntary | No | 202 (97.1) | 13.9 (5.24) | 64.0 (11.56) | ||
| HIV testing non-voluntary |
Yes | 44 (21.2) | 16.1 (3.58) | 3.994 *** | 65.9 (14.53) | 1.148 |
| No | 164 (78.8) | 13.4 (5.51) | 63.6 (10.43) | |||
| Information | Yes | 46 (22.1) | 16.1 (4.05) | 3.756 *** | 62.6 (13.72) | −0.893 |
| about HIV | No | 162 (77.9) | 13.3 (5.44) | 64.5 (10.69) | ||
| Sexual | Heterosexual | 183 (88.0) | 14.3 (4.89) | 1.908 * | 63.6 (11.34) | −1.788 * |
| orientation | Other 2 | 25 (12.0) | 11.4 (7.22) | 67.9 (11.50) | ||
| Sexual | Yes | 141 (67.8) | 14.4 (5.14) | 1.860 * | 64.1 (11.82) | 0.070 |
| experience | No | 67 (32.2) | 13.0(5.47) | 64.0(10.62) | ||
1 PLHIV: people living with HIV, 2 Other: homosexual, bisexual, asexual, etc.; * p < 0.10, ** p < 0.01, *** p < 0.001.