Table 1 Sample characteristics: Cape Area Panel Study 2006
Characteristics | Range, Mean (SD), n (%) |
|---|---|
Age | 17—25, 21.0 |
Years of schooling | 4—17, 10.5 |
Personally know someone with HIV/AIDS | 144 (37.5%) |
HIV/AIDS knowledge (count and proportion of correct answers) | |
1. Do you think you can get HIV/AIDS by eating food prepared by someone with HIV/AIDS? | 338 (88.0%) |
2. Do you think you can get HIV/AIDS by being coughed or sneezed on by someone who has HIV/AIDS? | 344 (89.6%) |
3. Can people get HIV/AIDS because of witchcraft? | 290 (75.5%) |
4. Is it possible for a healthy-looking person to have HIV? | 300 (78.1%) |
HIV/AIDS knowledge (Score of correct answers out of four questions) | 0—4, 3.3 |
Respondent’s own assessment of risk of HIV infection | |
No risk | 163 (42.5%) |
Small risk | 131 (34.1%) |
Moderate risk | 31 (8.1%) |
Great risk | 27 (7.0%) |
Don’t know | 32 (8.3%) |
Sexual risk behaviour (Composite indicator of increasing risk) | |
1—Ever had sex | 75 (19.5%) |
2—Had sex but not in the last 12 months | 16 (4.2%) |
3—Had sex with only one partner in the last 12 months and used a condom | 120 (31.3%) |
4—Had sex with only one partner in the last 12 months and did not use a condom | 110 (28.7%) |
5—Had sex with multiple partners in the last 12 months and used a condom | 24 (6.3%) |
6—Had sex with multiple partners in the last 12 months and did not use a condom | 16 (4.2%) |
Missing | 23 (6.0%) |
N | 384 |