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Table 2 Relationship of women’s comprehensive HIV/AIDS knowledge and attitude towards PLWHAs with their SES and autonomy from PDHS 2012–2013 (n = 13,558)
| Characteristics | Women’s comprehensive HIV/AIDS knowledge | Women’s attitude towards PLWHA | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High knowledge % | Low knowledge% | p-value* | Positive attitude % | Negative attitude % | p-value* | |
| Regions/Provinces | ||||||
| Punjab | 59.5 | 69.8 | < 0.01 | 62.6 | 62.9 | 0.43 |
| Sindh | 27.3 | 17.2 | 24.3 | 23.9 | ||
| Baluchistan | 9.3 | 11.1 | 9.9 | 9.8 | ||
| Khyber Pakhtunkhwa | 2.6 | 1.2 | 1.9 | 2.4 | ||
| Gilgit Baltistan | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.3 | ||
| Islamabad | 1.1 | 0.5 | 1.1 | 0.7 | ||
| Geographical classification | ||||||
| Urban | 60.2 | 44.8 | < 0.01 | 56.2 | 54.1 | 0.11 |
| Rural | 39.8 | 55.2 | 43.8 | 45.9 | ||
| Respondents age | ||||||
| 15–24 years | 14.6 | 19.0 | < 0.01 | 16.9 | 15.1 | < 0.01 |
| 25–34 years | 44.8 | 41.6 | 45.8 | 41.2 | ||
| 35 years and above | 40.6 | 39.4 | 37.3 | 43.7 | ||
| Respondents educational status | ||||||
| No formal schooling | 20.6 | 34.5 | < 0.01 | 21.4 | 29.6 | < 0.01 |
| Primary | 16.9 | 23.8 | 17.2 | 21.4 | ||
| Secondary | 36.2 | 31.0 | 35 | 34.0 | ||
| Higher | 26.3 | 10.7 | 26.4 | 15.1 | ||
| Respondents occupation | ||||||
| Unemployed | 79.7 | 77.4 | < 0.01 | 78.1 | 80.1 | < 0.01 |
| Professional/Managerial | 14.3 | 11.6 | 15 | 11.5 | ||
| Agriculture | 1.7 | 4.1 | 2.1 | 2.9 | ||
| Unskilled workers | 4.3 | 6.8 | 4.8 | 5.5 | ||
| Husbands educational status | ||||||
| No formal schooling | 13.9 | 20.5 | < 0.01 | 13.7 | 18.8 | < 0.01 |
| Primary | 11.1 | 15.6 | 11.8 | 13.4 | ||
| Secondary | 40.6 | 43.7 | 42.3 | 40.7 | ||
| Higher | 34.4 | 20.2 | 32.3 | 27.1 | ||
| Husbands employment status | ||||||
| Unemployed | 2.1 | 2.4 | < 0.01 | 2.3 | 2.0 | < 0.01 |
| Professional/Managerial | 50.1 | 40.9 | 50.5 | 43.1 | ||
| Agriculture | 8.5 | 10.8 | 8.2 | 10.3 | ||
| Unskilled workers | 39.4 | 46.0 | 38.9 | 44.6 | ||
| Exposure to mass media | ||||||
| Yes | 94.6 | 89.7 | < 0.01 | 94.5 | 91.3 | < 0.01 |
| No | 5.4 | 10.3 | 5.5 | 8.7 | ||
| Wealth index | ||||||
| Richest | 48.7 | 26.6 | < 0.01 | 45.1 | 37.5 | < 0.01 |
| Richer | 27 | 33.5 | 27.2 | 31.1 | ||
| Middle | 14.9 | 24.3 | 17.6 | 18.3 | ||
| Poorer | 7.0 | 11.6 | 7.7 | 9.4 | ||
| Poorest | 2.4 | 4.1 | 2.4 | 3.7 | ||
| Respondents’ autonomy | ||||||
| High autonomy | 64 | 58.9 | < 0.01 | 62.8 | 62 | 0.53 |
| Low autonomy | 36 | 41.1 | 37.2 | 38 | ||
| Respondents’ attitudes towards wife beating | ||||||
| Disagree on wife beating | 80.2 | 69.9 | < 0.01 | 80.1 | 72.9 | < 0.01 |
| Agree on wife beating | 19.8 | 30.1 | 19.9 | 27.1 | ||
