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Table 7 Association between sociodemographic variables, knowledge about VCT and attitude towards VCT with practice of VCT service for HIV

From: Knowledge, attitude and practice towards voluntary counseling and testing among university students in North West Ethiopia: a cross sectional study

Variables

Practice VCT

Do not practice VCT

χ2(P-value)

Sex

   

 Male

146 (66.9)

72 (33)

7.23 (<0.01)

 Female

58 (51.8)

54 (48.2)

 

Age

   

 15-18

1 (33.3)

2 (66.6)

1.85 (0.39)

 19-22

189 (62.8)

112 (37.2)

 

 >22

14 (53.8)

12 (46.2)

 

Year of study

   

 1st year

54 (62.1)

33 (37.9)

4.2 (0.12)

 2nd year

80 (56.3)

62 (43.7)

 

 3rd year

70 (69.3)

31 (30.7)

 

Residence

   

 Urban

142 (68.3)

66 (31.7)

9.92 (0.001)

 Rural

62 (50.8)

60 (49.2)

 

Religion

   

 Orthodox

172 (68.8)

78 (31.2)

28.31 (<0.001)

 Muslim

13 (28.9)

32 (71.1)

 

 Protestant

15 (50)

15 (50)

 

 Others

4 (80)

1 (20)

 

Knowledge on VCT

   

 Knowledgeable

188

97

15.23 (<0.001)

 Not knowledgeable

16

29

 

Attitude towards VCT

   

 Positive attitude

198

44

153.8 (<0.001)

 Negative attitude

6

82