Variable | Category | Frequency (%) |
Awareness of HIV/AIDS (n = 300) | Yes | 298 (99.3) |
No | 2 (0.7) | |
*Source of information on HIV/AIDS (n = 298) | School | 298 (100.0) |
Television | 283 (95.0) | |
Radio | 190 (63.8) | |
Health workers | 127 (42.6) | |
Church | 120 (40.3) | |
Newspaper | 111 (37.2) | |
Friends/Relatives | 69 (23.2) | |
*Mode of HIV/AIDS Transmission (n = 298) | Sexual intercourse | 261 (87.6) |
Sharing injections | 245 (82.2) | |
Blood transfusion | 211 (70.8) | |
Barbing salon | 185 (62.1) | |
Injections from medicine stores | 183 (61.4) | |
Breastfeeding by infected mother | 180 (60.4) | |
Infected mother to unborn child | 176 (59.1) | |
Circumcision | 162 (54.4) | |
Kissing | 157 (52.7) | |
Manicure/pedicure | 154 (51.7) | |
Mosquito bites | 54 (18.1) | |
Skin tattooing | 52 (17.4) | |
Share towels/ handkerchief | 50 (16.8) | |
Eating with infected person | 24 (8.1) | |
Sharing toilet | 21 (7.0) | |
Touching an infected person | 5 (1.7) | |
Awareness of high risk behaviours associated with HIV/AIDS (n = 298) | Yes | 229 (76.8) |
No | 69 (23.2) | |
*High risk behaviours (n = 229) | Unprotected sex | 165 (72.1) |
Multiple sexual partners | 118 (51.5) | |
Homosexuality | 71 (31.0) | |
Alcoholism | 61 (26.6) | |
Receiving injections from stores | 58 (25.3) | |
Intravenous drug users | 16 (7.0) | |
Smoking | 12 (5.2) | |
HIV prevention using condoms (n = 300) | Yes | 136 (45.3) |
No | 46 (15.3) | |
Don’t know | 118 (39.3) | |
*Management of HIV/AIDS (n = 298) | Treatment is available | 149 (50.0) |
HIV cannot be cured | 141 (47.3) | |
No treatment available | 132 (44.3) | |
HIV vaccination available | 57 (19.1) |