Table 4 Attitude toward HIV/AIDS among respondents (n = 598)
From: HIV- and AIDS-related knowledge and attitude of residents in border regions of Vietnam
Characteristics | Male | Female | Total | p value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n | % | n | % | n | % | ||
Buying goods from HIV(+) sellers | |||||||
Yes | 278 | 78.1 | 193 | 80.1 | 471 | 78.9 | 0.56 |
No | 78 | 21.9 | 48 | 19.9 | 126 | 21.1 | |
Willing to take care HIV(+) relatives in the family | |||||||
Yes | 317 | 88.8 | 222 | 92.1 | 539 | 90.1 | 0.18 |
No | 40 | 11.2 | 19 | 7.9 | 59 | 9.9 | |
A teacher with HIV(+) should continue to teach other people | |||||||
Yes | 285 | 79.8 | 204 | 84.7 | 489 | 81.8 | 0.14 |
No | 72 | 20.2 | 37 | 15.4 | 109 | 18.2 | |
Keeping secret of HIV(+) members in the family | |||||||
Yes | 161 | 45.1 | 103 | 42.7 | 264 | 44.2 | 0.57 |
No | 196 | 54.9 | 138 | 57.3 | 334 | 55.8 | |
Afraid of being exposed to HIV(+) individuals | |||||||
Very afraid | 36 | 10.1 | 19 | 7.9 | 55 | 9.2 | 0.16 |
Afraid | 96 | 26.9 | 52 | 21.6 | 148 | 24.8 | |
Not afraid | 225 | 63.0 | 170 | 70.5 | 395 | 66.0 | |
Reasons for afraid of being exposed to HIV(+) people (n = 203) | |||||||
Fear of HIV transmission | 124 | 93.9 | 67 | 94.4 | 191 | 94.0 | 0.91 |
Disrespect HIV(+) people | 3 | 2.3 | 2 | 2.8 | 5 | 2.5 | |
Others | 5 | 3.8 | 2 | 2.8 | 7 | 3.5 | |
Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | ||
Attitude score | 70.7 | 26.8 | 73.7 | 23.9 | 71.9 | 25.7 | 0.28 |