Research Article

Association between Knowledge of Sexually Transmitted Infections and Sources of the Previous Point of Care among Nigerians: Findings from Three National HIV and AIDS Reproductive Health Surveys

Table 4

Distribution of respondents with STI and bivariate association between respondents characteristics and knowledge of STI and HIV/AIDS.

VariableDistribution of Respondent with STIGood knowledge of STIaGood knowledge of ALLb
601728186160172818616017281861

Age
15–1919,119.013.99.613.822.165.255.155.0
20–2425.027.220.316.013.619.871.364.162.7
25–3432.632.336.920.913.628.578.157.760.8
35–4921.119.924.721.320.030.964.664.862.8
50–642.21.74.323.116.730.484.658.365.8
Sex
Male30.628.035.717.419.625.472.363.261.5
Female69.472.064.317.813.227.270.763.760.9
Residence
Urban43.942.028.919.310.529.478.869.071.0
Rural56.158.071.116.318.325.465.359.757.1
Zone
North Central15.627.926.723.414.320.783.066.054.9
North East11.810.515.126.810.517.560.660.554.3
North West24.125.919.313.812.225.457.246.853.5
South East8.07.711.933.320.431.579.285.769.8
South South15.516.218.715.118.640.875.376.376.7
South West25.011.88.310.011.625.277.366.363.2
Economic status
Lowestnana45.5nana21.8nana47.2
Middlenana21.7nana29.2nana68.3
Highestnana32.8nana31.3nana75.4
Education
No formal education18.117.320.010.110.320.051.444.438.0
Primary/Qur’anic30.127.323.318.217.126.062.457.354.6
Secondary39.342.544.717.413.928.180.959.368.8
Higher12.512.912.028.020.232.390.784.083.4
Religion
Islam43.946.335.617.811.320.462.152.548.3
Other Christians40.637.646.117.217.230.978.373.469.1
Catholic13.615.316.919.521.628.381.773.067.9
Other1.80.81.59.118.554.666.740.7
Marital Status
Currently married60.257.763.218.015.228.069.159.358.2
Widowed3.23.65.015.823.125.868.457.760.2
Never Married36.638.731.817.313.823.775.070.666.8
Total13.415.026.562.463.661.1

Significant at 5% x2; aKnowledge of STI; bKnowledge of STI, HIV & PMTCT transmission and prevention; na, not available.