Knowledge, attitude and practices regarding HIV/AIDS among adult fishermen in coastal areas of Karachi

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Table 4 Comparison of knowledge, attitude and practices levels’ regarding HIV by sociodemographic characteristics (adjusted)

Variables	Knowledge			Attitude			Practices
	In-appropriate knowledge	AOR^††(95% CI)	P- value	Negative attitude	AOR (95% CI)	P- value	Unsafe Practices	AOR (95% CI)	P- value
Age (years)
< 30	172	0.39 (0.11-1.38)	0.14	134	1.25 (0.66-2.39)	0.48	168	0.71 (0.27-1.84)	0.48
≥ 30	106	1		91	1		104	1
Marital status
Single	52	2.39 (0.60-9.46)	0.21	44	0.72 (0.33-1.57)	0.42	218	0.65 (0.17-2.53)	0.54
Married	226	1		181	1		54	1
Education status
Illiterate^*	206	1.29 (0.34-4.84)	0.69	160	1.90 (0.86-4.20)	0.11	200	1.60 (0.43-5.83)	0.47
Literate	72	1		65	1		72
Fishing activities
≥ 2 weeks	29	0.52 (0.06-4.29)	0.54	200	0.38 (0.11-1.36)	0.14	242	0.51 (0.06-4.10)	0.52
< 2 weeks	249	1		25	1		30	1
Income level
≥ 10000^**	94	1.89 (0.67-5.28)	0.22	143	0.80 (0.42-1.54)	0.51	173	0.41 (0.13-1.29)	0.12
< 10000	184	1		82	1		99	1
Tobacco user
Smokeless tobacco^†	231	0.90 (0.10-3.26)	0.95	185	1.47 (0.40-5.39)	0.56	225	0.92 (0.25-2.01)	0.40
Smoking cigarette	18	1		15	1		18	1

^*Cannot read and write, ^**Pakistani Rupee, ^†Gutka, Pan, Areca. ^††Adjusted Odd ratio.
p-value was calculated by logistic regression and significant at the ≤0.05 level.
Adjusted for age, marital status, educational status, fishing activities, income level, tobacco use.

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