Table 2 Distribution of knowledge by gender of 235 participants in a HIV/AIDS interview, Toffo county, Benin (June–July 2002).
Knowledge | N (%) | Difference* (%) | |
|---|---|---|---|
Male | Female | [95% CI] | |
Have you ever heard of HIV/AIDS? | |||
Yes | 154 (99.4) | 80 (100) | - 0.6 [-1.8; 6.2] |
What is your source of information? | |||
Radio (± other sources) | 146 (94.2) | 58 (72.5) | 21.7 [11.3; 32.2] |
Health professionals (only) | 4 (2.6) | 8 (10.0) | - 7.4 [-14.4; -0.4] |
Friends (only) | 5 (3.2) | 14 (17.5) | -14.3 [-23.1; -5.5] |
According to your knowledge, what is AIDS? | |||
Deadly disease | 134 (86.5) | 79 (99.8) | -13.3 [-18.7; -7.8] |
Projected disease | 17 (11.0) | 1 (1.2) | 9.8 [4.3; 15.3] |
Don't know | 3 (1.9) | 0 (0.0) | 1.9 [-2.5; 4.0] |
Other | 1 (0.6) | 0 (0.0) | 0.6 [-0.6; 1.8] |
Modes of transmission of HIV? | |||
Knows at least two modes of transmission | 77 (49.0) | 70 (87.0) | -38 [-48.8; -27.2] |
Knows sexual transmission | 68 (43.9) | 6 (7.5) | 36.4 [26.7; 46.1] |
Do not know any | 9 (6.5) | 4 (5.0) | 1.5 [-4.6; 7.6] |
Prevention | |||
What are the prevention methods of getting HIV? | |||
Abstinence /fidelity | 13 (8.4) | 44 (55.0) | -46.6 [-58.3; -34.8] |
Serological test. | 0 (0.0) | 8 (10.0) | -10 [-16.6; -3.4] |
Condom | 131 (84.5) | 20 (25.0) | 59.5 [48.4; 70.6] |
Don't know | 4 (2.6) | 0 (0.0) | 2.6 [0.0; 5.1] |
Other | 7 (4.5) | 8 (10.0) | -5.5 [-12.8;1.8] |
How can a HIV-infected person be identified? | |||
Symptoms | 80 (51.6) | 67 (83.8) | -32.2 [-43.5; -21] |
Can not differentiate | 23 (14.8) | 2 (2.4) | 12.4 [5.9; 19] |
Don't know | 49 (31.6) | 11 (13.8) | 17.8 [7.3; 28.3] |
Other | 3 (2.0) | 0 (0.0) | 2 [-0.2; 4.2] |