Table 2 HIV knowledge among male migrant workers: Xi’an, China, 2009–2010
All | Migrants with commercial sex experience | Migrants without commercial sex experience | t-test on difference by experience of commercial sex (p-value) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
HIV knowledge items | % of giving correct answers | % of giving correct answers | % of giving correct answers | |
Ever heard of HIV/AIDS (1 = yes, 0 = no) | 91.8 | 94.51 | 91.15 | 0.138 |
Prevention | ||||
Risk will be decreased when having sex with only one partner without HIV (T) | 33.76 | 44.77 | 31.01 | 0.003 |
Risk will be decreased by condom use (T) | 60.44 | 73.84 | 57.1 | 0.000 |
Transmission | ||||
Handshaking with HIV positive people can transmit (F) | 61.25 | 68.6 | 59.42 | 0.083 |
Eating with HIV positive people can transmit (F) | 45.01 | 47.09 | 44.49 | 0.332 |
Blood donation in a hospital or donation vehicle will spread HIV (F) | 44.90 | 45.35 | 44.78 | 0.985 |
Sharing table wares with infected people can transmit (F) | 39.68 | 47.67 | 37.68 | 0.028 |
Swimming with HIV positive people can transmit (F) | 30.97 | 31.98 | 30.72 | 0.820 |
Mosquito bite will spread HIV (F) | 20.65 | 24.42 | 19.71 | 0.224 |
HIV positive women still can have healthy babies (T) | 13.92 | 18.02 | 12.9 | 0.082 |
Misconceptions about HIV | ||||
A man looks healthy may have HIV (T) | 52.09 | 58.72 | 50.43 | 0.143 |
HIV can be healed (F) | 33.76 | 45.35 | 30.87 | 0.002 |
Sum of HIV knowledge items except for perception of HIV risk. | ||||
(range from 0–12) | 4.92 | 5.73 | 4.73 | 0.000 |
N | 939 | 182 | 757 | |