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:
		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?
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)