Table 1 Descriptive statistics of the study sample (n = 5926)
From: Residence and young women’s comprehensive HIV knowledge in Ethiopia
Place of residence | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Overall n (wt.%) | Urban n (wt.%) | Rural n (wt.%) | p | |
Age | 0.071 | |||
15–19 | 3212 (54.3) | 1216 (54.7) | 1996 (54.2) | |
20–24 | 2714 (45.7) | 1080 (45.3) | 1634 (45.8) | |
Marital status | ||||
Never married | 3382 (57.5) | 1646 (74.2) | 1736 (51.9) | < 0.001 |
Married/Living together | 2236 (36.9) | 548 (22.0) | 1688 (42.0) | |
Divorced/separated/widowed | 308 (5.5) | 102 (3.8) | 206 (6.1) | |
Education | < 0.001 | |||
None | 1103 (17.3) | 142 (3.7) | 961 (21.8) | |
Primary | 2948 (55.4) | 932 (36.4) | 2016 (61.8) | |
Secondary or above | 1875 (27.3) | 1222 (60.0) | 653 (16.4) | |
Household wealth index | < 0.001 | |||
Poorest | 1181 (13.9) | 30 (1.7) | 1151 (18.0) | |
Poorer | 714 (17.2) | 19 (0.9) | 695 (22.7) | |
Middle | 748 (18.0) | 21 (0.6) | 727 (23.8) | |
Richer | 800 (20.5) | 41 (1.8) | 759 (26.8) | |
Richest | 2483 (30.5) | 2818 (94.9) | 298 (8.7) | |
Religion | < 0.001 | |||
Christian | 3668 (70.3) | 1588 (81.7) | 2080 (66.5) | |
Other | 2258 (29.7) | 708 (18.3) | 1550 (33.5) | |
Region | < 0.001 | |||
Addis Ababa | 793 (7.0) | 793 (27.7) | 0 (0.0) | |
Tigray | 726 (8.5) | 196 (8.8) | 530 (8.4) | |
Afar | 452 (0.9) | 84 (1.0) | 368 (0.9) | |
Amhara | 611 (23.3) | 88 (17.6) | 523 (25.3) | |
Oromia | 662 (34.7) | 104 (25.1) | 558 (38.0) | |
Somali | 399 (2.2) | 115 (2.2) | 284 (2.3) | |
Beniishangul | 421 (1.1) | 77 (1.0) | 344 (1.1) | |
SNNPR | 689 (21.1) | 106 (13.5) | 583 (23.6) | |
Gambella | 371 (0.3) | 158 (0.6) | 213 (0.2) | |
Harari | 360 (0.3) | 214 (0.6) | 146 (0.1) | |
Dire Dawa | 442 (0.6) | 361 (1.8) | 81 (0.2) | |
Ever tested for HIV | < 0.001 | |||
No | 3266 (59.7) | 975 (44.5) | 2291 (64.9) | |
Yes | 2660 (40.3) | 1321 (55.5) | 1339 (35.1) | |
Mass media exposure | < 0.001 | |||
No | 3583 (68.1) | 649 (29.5) | 2934 (81.1) | |
Yes | 2343 (31.9) | 1647 (70.5) | 696 (18.8) | |
Internet access | < 0.001 | |||
No | 5132 (91.9) | 1604 (74.4) | 3528 (97.9) | |
Yes | 794 (8.1) | 692 (25.6) | 102 (2.1) | |
Distance to health facility | < 0.001 | |||
Not a big problem | 2386 (46.9) | 447 (17.6) | 1939 (56.8) | |
A big problem | 3540 (53.1) | 1849 (82.4) | 1691 (43.2) | |
Comprehensive HIV knowledge | < 0.001 | |||
No | 4541 (76.1) | 1513 (59.1) | 3028 (81.8) | |
Yes | 1385 (23.9) | 783 (40.9) | 602 (18.2) | |