Table 3:
Antiretroviral (ARV)-related knowledge, beliefs and behaviors among PLHIV by Chókwè Health and Demographic Surveillance System Round 5, by gender and age band
| Ever heard about ARVs |
If heard about ARVs: | If taking ARVs: |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Agrees that PLHIV can live a long/healthy life if on ARVs |
Disagrees that traditional medicines are as good as ARVs |
Disagrees that PLHIV taking ARVs need to hide them |
Ever missed a complete dose of ARV medicines? |
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| Variable | % (95% CI) | % (95% CI) | % (95% CI) | % (95% CI) | % (95% CI) |
| Total | 90.1 (88.8-91.3) | 97.3 (96.7-98.0) | 94.8 (93.7-95.9) | 77.3 (75.2-79.4) | 4.7 (2.6-6.8) |
| Gender | |||||
| Male | 88.5 (86.2-90.7) | 97.0 (95.8-98.2) | 93.5 (91.4-95.6) | 77.4 (74.1-80.7) | 5.5 (0.0-11.0) |
| Female | 91.0 (89.8-92.3) | 97.5 (96.8-98.2) | 95.6 (94.6-96.6) | 77.2 (75.0-79.5) | 4.5 (2.2-6.7) |
| Age | |||||
| 15-24 | 85.5 (83.6-87.5) | 95.8 (94.6-97.0) | 93.7 (92.1-95.3) | 72.4 (69.2-75.5) | 10.1 (1.9-18.4) |
| 25-34 | 93.0 (90.7-95.3) | 98.5 (97.4-99.5) | 94.4 (92.0-96.8) | 80.3 (76.6-84.0) | 8.0 (3.0-13.0) |
| 35-44 | 93.2 (90.6-95.8) | 98.5 (97.1-99.8) | 96.1 (93.9-98.2) | 78.4 (74.2-82.5) | 2.2 (0.2-4.1) |
| 45-59 | 92.7 (90.2-95.2) | 97.6 (96.3-98.8) | 96.4 (94.4-98.4) | 82.3 (78.5-86.0) | 2.2 (0.0-4.5) |
| Urbanicity | |||||
| Rural | 90.5 (89.1-91.8) | 97.7 (97.0-98.4) | 96.8 (96.0-97.6) | 81.5 (79.3-83.7) | 4.0 (2.0-6.0) |
| Urban | 89.8 (88.1-91.6) | 97.1 (96.2-98.0) | 93.7 (92.1-95.4) | 74.8 (71.7-77.9) | 5.3 (1.8-8.8) |