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Table 2 Bivariate analysis of participants with good or poor knowledge

From: Knowledge, attitudes, practices about HIV and implications in risk and stigma prevention among French Guianese and Brazilian border inhabitants

Statement (n = 621)

Poor HIV knowledge

Frequency

N (row %)

N = 285

Good HIV knowledge

Frequency

N (row %)

N = 336

p value

Sex n = 621

 Male

121 (49.8)

122 (50.2)

0.103

 Female

163 (43.1)

215 (56.9)

Sexual orientation

 Heterosexual

144 (27.4)

426 (72.6)

0.525

 Homosexual

3 (21.4)

11 (78.6)

 Bisexual

1 (14.3)

6 (85.7)

 Missing data

8 (26.6)

22 (73.4)

Age n = 621

 18–29

118 (48.2)

127 (58.8)

0.448

 30–44

104 (48.8)

123 (54.2)

  ≥ 45

62 (41.6)

87 (58.4)

Native language

 French or Portuguese

222 (36.4%)

288 (63.6%)

0.011

 Creole, Amerindian and others

63 (56.8%)

48 (43.2%)

Education level

 Any level to middle school

138 (50.9)

133 (49.1)

0.022

 High school to University

147 (42.0)

203 (58.0)

Income

 Paid employment

42 (41.2)

60 (58.8)

0.105

 Informal work

35 (50.7)

34 (49.3)

 

 Social allowance

75 (44.9)

92 (55.1)

 

 None

100 (43.3)

131 (56.7)

 

 Others

29 (63.0)

17 (37.0)

 

 Missing data

3 (50.0)

3 (50.0)

 

 Mean number of HIV information sources [IC95%]

1.65 [1.55–1.76]

2.12 [1.97–2.27]

< 0.001

Last HIV test

 Less than a year

89 (36.5)

155 (63.5)

0.021

 More than a year

108 (48.6)

122 (51.4)

 Missing data

87 (59.2)

60 (40.8)

Would you do an HIV test in the future?

 

 Yes

230 (43.5)

299 (56.5)

0.066

 No

37 (56.1)

29 (43.9)

 

 Missing Data

17 (65.4)

9 (34.6)

 

Do you know a PLHIVa?

 Yes

89 (36.5)

155 (63.5)

0.001

 No

174 (50.9)

168 (49.1)

 Missing Data

21 (60.0)

14 (40.0)

 
  1. aPLHIV: people living with HIV