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Table 2 HIV/AIDS knowledge score status at different levels of covariates

From: Knowledge of HIV/AIDS among married women in Bangladesh: analysis of three consecutive multiple indicator cluster surveys (MICS)

Covariates

MICS 2006

MICS 2012

MICS 2019

 

Low Score

n (%)

High Score

n (%)

P-value

Low Score

n (%)

High Score

n (%)

P-value

Low Score

n (%)

High Score

n (%)

P-value

Total

15,160 (44.80)

18,683 (55.20)

7277 (35.07)

13,450 (64.93)

12,113 (41.31)

17,611 (58.69)

Ten years age group

         

 15–24

5218 (44.16)

6540 (55.84)

0.000

2027 (33.71)

4131 (66.29)

0.000

3148 (39.84)

4971 (60.16)

< 0.001

 25–34

5225 (43.60)

6831 (56.40)

 

2882 (32.62)

5694 (67.38)

 

4775 (40.01)

7352 (59.99)

 

 35–44

3545 (45.75)

4209 (54.25)

 

1836 (39.60)

2896 (60.40)

 

3220 (43.26)

4276 (56.74)

 

 45 and above

1172 (51.83)

1103 (48.17)

 

532 (41.42)

729 (58.58)

 

970 (47.87)

1012 (52.13)

 

Division

         

 Barisal

1517 (44.88)

1825 (55.12)

0.000

597 (31.88)

1276 (68.12)

0.000

849 (37.85)

1223 (62.15)

< 0.001

 Chittagong

2451 (42.45)

3440 (57.55)

 

1263 (40.73)

1913 (59.27)

 

1935 (42.36)

2931 (57.64)

 

 Dhaka

4547 (45.85)

5224 (54.15)

 

1715 (31.46)

3543 (68.54)

 

2904 (45.37)

3376 (54.63)

 

 Khulna

2379 (39.43)

3621 (60.57)

 

1789 (38.55)

3209 (61.45)

 

2413 (41.53)

3476 (58.47)

 

 Mymenshing

 

 

615 (40.01)

926 (59.99)

 

 Rajshahi

3315 (47.70)

3565 (52.30)

 

868 (33.37)

1660 (66.63)

 

1804 (46.55)

1987 (53.45)

 

 Rangpur

 

553 (28.20)

1317 (71.8)

 

1045 (35.25)

2131 (64.75)

 

 Sylhet

951 (49.35)

1008 (50.65)

 

492 (46.91)

532 (53.09)

 

548 (23.44)

1561 (76.56)

 

Type of place of residence

         

 Rural

9360 (48.04)

10,120 (51.96)

0.000

1335 (27.95)

3321 (72.05)

0.000

2587 (36.58)

4586 (63.42)

< 0.001

 Urban

5513 (39.81)

8109 (60.19)

 

5942 (38.05)

10,129 (61.95)

 

9526 (43.07)

13,025 (56.93)

 

 Tribal

287 (45.75)

454 (54.25)

 

 

 

Women Highest educational level

         

 No education

4208 (57.36)

3167 (42.64)

0.000

1358 (55.74)

1169 (44.26)

0.000

1236 (57.52)

904 (42.48)

< 0.001

 Primary incomplete

2535 (51.90)

2356 (48.10)

 

1163 (52.39)

1169 (47.61)

 

 

 Primary complete

2272 (47.50)

2520 (52.50)

 

1198 (44.92)

1464 (55.08)

 

2911 (54.19)

2524 (45.81)

 

 Secondary incomplete

4507 (40.08)

6710 (59.92)

 

2853 (32.54)

5977 (67.46)

 

6515 (42.36)

9300 (57.64)

 

 Secondary completed or Higher

1637 (29.71)

3929 (70.29)

 

705 (15.93)

3671 (84.07)

 

1451 (22.87)

4883 (77.13)

 

Religion

         

 Islam

13,264 (45.22)

15,939 (54.78)

0.003

6450 (35.35)

11,836 (64.75)

0.322

10,939 (41.61)

15,617 (58.39)

0.0229

 Others

1896 (41.64)

2743 (58.36)

 

827 (33.62)

1614 (66.38)

 

1174 (38.36)

1994 (61.64)

 

Accessibility to mass media

         

 Do not have mass media access

3842 (45.25)

9055 (54.75)

0.000

3890 (45.90)

4648 (54.10)

< 0.001

 Have mass media access

 

3435 (29.90)

4395 (70.10)

 

8223 (39.68)

12,963 (60.32)

 

Husband/partner’s education level

         

 No education

5463 (52.12)

5033 (47.88)

0.000

2450 (35.45)

4423 (64.55)

0.682

3293 (48.37)

3638 (51.63)

< 0.001

 Primary

3756 (47.56)

4177 (52.44)

 

1786 (34.41)

3429 (65.59)

 

3544 (46.03)

4306 (53.97)

 

 Secondary or Higher

5856 (38.42)

9383 (61.58)

 

2640 (35.05)

4909 (64.95)

 

3779 (40.23)

5790 (59.77)

 

 Non-standard curriculum

36 (45.76)

47 (54.24)

 

 

1492 (28.25)

3873 (71.75)

 

Wealth Index

         

 Poorest

1910 (55.46)

1470 (44.54)

0.000

1185 (48.47)

1263 (51.53)

0.000

1828 (49.47)

1923 (50.53)

< 0.001

 Poorer

2547 (52.83)

2332 (47.17)

 

1363 (42.89)

1930 (57.11)

 

2431 (48.35)

2673 (51.65)

 

 Middle

3240 (48.82)

3497 (51.18)

 

1660 (41.09)

2581 (58.91)

 

2733 (43.96)

3666 (56.04)

 

 Richer

3830 (43.39)

5065 (56.61)

 

1691 (34.73)

3471 (65.27)

 

2787 (40.03)

4468 (59.97)

 

 Richest

3633 (36.41)

6319 (63.59)

 

1378 (24.78)

4205 (75.22)

 

2334 (33.62)

4881 (66.38)

 

Household’s Head Sex

         

 Male

14,384 (44.92)

17,662 (55.08)

0.327

5976 (34.65)

11,279 (65.35)

0.077

11,061 (41.35)

16,037 (58.65)

0.704

 Female

776 (43.39)

1021 (56.61)

 

905 (37.36)

1487 (62.64)

 

1052 (40.91)

1574 (59.09)

 
  1. *Scores greater than or equals to the median were assigned to ‘High score’ category and the rest scores were treated as to fall in the category, ‘Low score’