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Table 5 Association between risk behaviors and knowledge, attitudes, gender and socioeconomic status

From: Assessment of knowledge, attitude and risk behaviors towards HIV/AIDS and other sexual transmitted infection among preparatory students of Gondar town, north west Ethiopia

  

At least one risk behavior

   

Sociodemographic characteristics

N

Yes

60(25%)

No

180(75%)

OR

Χ2

p-value

Gender

      

   Male

125

39(31.2%)

86(68.8%)

1.8

(1.15,2.95)

0.009

   Female

115

21(18.3%)

94(81.7%)

   

Socioeconomic class

      

   Low

131

39(29.8)

92(70.2%)

0.56

(0.31,1.03)

0.061

   High

109

21(19.3)

88(80.7%)

   

Alcohol

      

   Yes

64

37(57.8%)

27(42.2%)

9.1

(4.7,11.67)

0.000

   No

176

23(13.1%)

153(86.9%)

   

Drugs of abuse

      

   Yes

26

15(57.7%)

11(42.3%)

5.11

(2.2,11.9)

0.000

   No

214

45(21%)

169(79%)

   

Attitude

      

   positive

193

47(24.4%)

146(75.6%)

0.842

(0.41,1.72)

0.639

   Negative

47

13(27.7%)

34(72.3%)

   

Knowledge status

      

   Good Knowledge

205

51(24.9%)

154(75.1%)

0.957

(0.421,2.172)

0.916

   poor knowledge

35

9(25.7%)

26(74.3%)

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