| Items |
n |
Migrant Wives (N=730) |
n |
Local women
(N=207) |
χ2/t |
p-value |
| Can an apparently healthy person be HIV-infected |
300 |
41.1 |
118 |
57.0 |
16.69 |
<0.001 |
| HIV cannot be transmitted through |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Shaking hands or hug |
476 |
65.2 |
157 |
75.9 |
8.33 |
0.004 |
| Diner together |
458 |
62.7 |
154 |
74.4 |
9.67 |
0.003 |
| Talking together |
472 |
64.7 |
151 |
73.0 |
4.97 |
0.026 |
| Sharing tools and vehicles |
480 |
65.8 |
161 |
77.8 |
10.79 |
0.001 |
| Sharing public swimming pools |
364 |
49.9 |
131 |
63.3 |
11.66 |
<0.001 |
| Sneezing and coughing |
336 |
46.0 |
131 |
63.3 |
19.21 |
<0.001 |
| Mosquitoes bites |
226 |
31.0 |
90 |
43.5 |
11.31 |
<0.001 |
| Sharing the towels |
326 |
44.7 |
118 |
57.0 |
9.68 |
0.002 |
| Sharing shaver blade |
368 |
50.4 |
109 |
52.7 |
.33 |
0.568 |
| Sharing needles |
550 |
75.3 |
170 |
82.1 |
4.17 |
0.041 |
| Receiving blood from an infected person |
560 |
76.7 |
173 |
83.6 |
4.46 |
0.035 |
| Mother-to-child transmission during pregnancy |
510 |
69.9 |
168 |
81.2 |
10.29 |
0.001 |
| Mother-to-child transmission during delivery |
450 |
61.6 |
152 |
73.4 |
9.75 |
0.002 |
| Mother-to-child transmission during breastfeeding |
466 |
63.8 |
164 |
79.2 |
17.34 |
<0.001 |
| Sexual contact |
518 |
71.0 |
166 |
80.2 |
6.98 |
0.008 |
| Overall score of HIV knowledge (mean±SD) |
|
8.99±2.11 |
|
10.61±2.83 |
8.99 |
<0.001 |
