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)