Table 3 Demographic characteristics and their association with HIV test and intention to test for HIV
Characteristics | Have ever tested for HIV (N = 324) | Will test for HIV in the future (N = 324) | ||||
Yes | No | χ2 | Yes | No | χ2 | |
N (%) | N (%) | ( p- value) | N (%) | N (%) | ( p- value) | |
Age Ranges | 0.004 | 0.115 | ||||
17– 20 | 32 (21.8) | 61 (34.5) | 55 (27.1) | 38 (31.4) | ||
21 – 25 | 77 (52.4) | 93 (52.5) | 111 (54.7) | 59 (48.8) | ||
26 – 30 | 27 (18.3) | 20 (11.3) | 32 (15.8) | 15 (12.4) | ||
31+ | 11 (7.5) | 3 (1.7) | 5 (2.4) | 9 (7.4) | ||
Gender | 0.748 | 0.001 | ||||
Male | 84 (57.1) | 98 (55.4) | 136 (67.0) | 46 (38.0) | ||
Female | 63 (42.9) | 79 (44.6) | 67 (33.0) | 75 (62.0) | ||
Marital Status | 0.001 | 0.046 | ||||
Single | 87 (59.2) | 109 (61.6) | 133 (65.5) | 63 (52.1) | ||
Married | 24 (16.3) | 8 (4.5) | 16 (7.9) | 16 (13.2) | ||
In relationship | 36 (24.5) | 60 (33.9) | 54 (26.6) | 42 (34.7) | ||
Religious Affiliation | 0.027 | 0.209 | ||||
Christian | 145 (98.6) | 166 (93.8) | 197 (97.0) | 114 (94.2) | ||
Muslims | 2 (1.4) | 11 (6.2) | 6 (3.0) | 7 (5.8) | ||
Years in School | 0.416 | 0.197 | ||||
First year | 79 (53.7) | 89 (50.3) | 113 (55.7) | 55 (45.5) | ||
Second year | 41 (27.9) | 61 (34.5) | 58 (28.6) | 44 (36.4) | ||
Third year | 27 (18.4) | 27 (15.3) | 32 (15.7) | 22 (18.1) | ||
Knowledge of a place to get tested | 0.003 | 0.633 | ||||
Yes | 141(95.9) | 153 (86.4) | 183 (90.1) | 111 (91.7) | ||
No | 6 (4.1) | 24 (13.6) | 20 (9.9) | 10 (8.3) | ||
Routes of HIV transmission Identified | 0.001 | 0.762 | ||||
None | - | 12(6.8) | 6(3.0) | 6(5.0) | ||
Single route | 24(16.3) | 48(27.1) | 47(23.2) | 25(20.7) | ||
Two routes | 84(57.1) | 78(44.1) | 100(49.3) | 62(51.2) | ||
Three or more routes | 39(26.5) | 39(22.0) | 50(23.5) | 28(23.1) | ||
HIV knowledge | 0.570 | 0.203 | ||||
Low (0–6) | 39(26.5) | 52(29.4) | 62(30.5) | 29(24) | ||
High (7–12) | 108(73.5) | 125(70.6) | 141(69.5) | 92(76) | ||