Table 2 Socio-demographic variables correlated with comprehensive HIV/AIDS knowledge among young women in Malawi
Comprehensive HIV/AIDS Knowledge | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent variables | No | Yes | ||||
n | % | n | % | Chi-Square | P-Value | |
Age | < 0.001 | |||||
15–19 | 3145 | 59.8 | 2118 | 40.2 | 17.00 | |
20–24 | 2876 | 55.7 | 2283 | 44.3 | ||
Education | < 0.001 | |||||
No education | 335 | 73.8 | 119 | 26.2 | 348.41 | |
Primary level | 4243 | 63.0 | 2497 | 37.0 | ||
Secondary level or higher | 1442 | 44.7 | 1785 | 55.3 | ||
Marital status | 0.241 | |||||
Never married | 2747 | 56.9 | 2081 | 43.1 | 2.84 | |
Currently married | 2859 | 58.5 | 2029 | 41.5 | ||
Formerly married | 415 | 58.8 | 291 | 41.2 | ||
Region | < 0.001 | |||||
Northern | 751 | 64.8 | 408 | 35.2 | 27.09 | |
Central | 2600 | 57.3 | 1936 | 42.7 | ||
Southern | 2669 | 56.5 | 2057 | 43.5 | ||
Residence | 39.12 | < 0.001 | ||||
Rural | 5050 | 59.2 | 3480 | 40.8 | ||
Urban | 971 | 51.3 | 921 | 48.7 | ||
Household wealth status | < 0.001 | |||||
Poorest | 1345 | 64.5 | 739 | 35.5 | 123.68 | |
Poorer | 1307 | 61.7 | 810 | 38.3 | ||
Middle | 1157 | 59.5 | 788 | 40.5 | ||
Richer | 1025 | 53.7 | 883 | 46.3 | ||
Richest | 1187 | 50.1 | 1181 | 49.9 | ||
Religion | 0.002 | |||||
Christians | 5177 | 57.2 | 3867 | 42.8 | 12.05 | |
Muslim | 815 | 60.8 | 525 | 39.2 | ||
No religion | 28 | 77.8 | 8 | 22.2 | ||
Frequency of listening to radio | < 0.001 | |||||
Not at all | 3447 | 62.1 | 2104 | 37.9 | 94.53 | |
Less than once a week | 1021 | 54.5 | 852 | 45.5 | ||
At least once a week | 1553 | 51.8 | 1445 | 48.2 | ||
Ever tested for HIV | < 0.001 | |||||
No | 2114 | 66.6 | 1060 | 33.4 | 145.40 | |
Yes | 3907 | 53.9 | 3341 | 46.1 | ||
Total (n) | 6021 | 57.8 | 4401 | 42.2 | ||