Sexual risk behaviors among youth heads of household in Gikongoro, south province of Rwanda

BMC Public Health

Table 2 HIV/AIDS prevention knowledge and perception of HIV risk infection by gender

	Male (n = 371)		Female (n = 321)		Total (n = 692)
	n	%	n	%	n	%	χ ²	p
Believe there are things a person can do to avoid HIV	370	99.7	321	100.0	691	99.9	0.86	1.000
HIV/AIDS knowledge	n = 370		n = 321		n = 691
Abstain from sex	367	99.2	316	98.4	683	98.8	0.83	0.482
Use condom	243	65.7	157	48.9	400	57.9	19.81	0.000
Limit sex to one partner	95	25.7	69	21.5	164	23.7	1.65	0.210
Avoid injections	70	18.9	50	16.2	122	17.7	0.87	0.350
Avoid sharing razors	139	37.6	141	43.9	280	40.5	2.88	0.090
Avoid traditional doctors	119	32.2	122	38.0	241	34.9	2.58	0.108
"ABC" knowledge^φ	83	22.4	54	16.8	137	19.8	17.24	0.001
Know anyone who had died or think has died of AIDS	311	83.8	277	86.3	588	85.0	0.81	0.394
Relationship to this person¶	n = 311		n = 277		n = 588		4.92	0.425
Parent	18	5.8	24	8.7	42	7.2
Other family member	61	19.6	45	16.3	106	18.1
Close friend	3	1.0	3	1.1	6	1.0
Acquaintance	71	22.8	64	23.2	135	23.0
Neighbor	158	50.9	140	50.7	298	50.7
Perception of HIV risk	n = 368		n = 319		n = 687		2.78	0.425
No risk/possibility	251	68.2	222	69.6	473	68.9
Small risk	40	10.9	26	8.2	66	9.6
Moderate risk	68	18.5	58	18.2	126	18.3
Great risk	9	2.4	13	4.1	22	3.2
Know a place where one can get condoms	260	70.6	132	41.3	392	56.9	59.62	0.000

^φ Mentioned abstain from sex, use condom and limit sex to one partner
¶Calculated with the number of participants who know anyone who had died or think has died of AID as a denominator

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