Table 3. Prevalence (95% CI) of HIV transmission knowledge by demographic characteristics.

Characteristic Know that AIDS can be transmitted Know all routes of HIV transmission Know at least one route of HIV transmission Do not know any routes of HIV transmission

Overall (n=5633) 90.7 (88.9-92.4) 8.0 (3.3-12.6) 70.0 (67.0-72.9) 22.1 (18.9-25.3)
Region(by socioeconomic status)
High 93.7 (92.2-95.2) 14.1 (10.6-17.6) 76.6 (73.3-79.9) 9.3 (6.7-11.8)
Medium 92.0 (89.0-95.0) 11.0 (0.0-23.3) 73.1 (65.0-81.2) 15.8 (10.0-21.7)
Low 88.4 (85.7-91.2) 2.9 (1.1-4.7) 64.6 (61.2-68.0) 32.5 (29.4-35.6)
Age group (years)
15-20 93.4 (89.5-97.3) 10.8 (6.7-14.8) 58.6 (51.3-65.8) 30.7 (23.8-37.6)
21-29 92.8 (90.7-94.9) 9.8 (5.2-14.4) 67.4 (63.1-71.7) 22.8 (17.8-27.8)
30-39 89.6 (87.0-92.1) 9.1 (1.7-16.5) 68.8 (64.6-72.9) 22.2 (17.6-26.8)
40-49 90.0 (87.3-92.6) 3.9 (2.3-5.4) 76.7 (73.8-79.6) 19.5 (16.4-22.6)
Sex
Male 91.0 (88.6-93.4) 9.2 (3.9-14.5) 70.2 (66.7-73.7) 20.6 (16.8-24.3)
Female 90.3 (88.5-92.1) 6.5 (2.6-10.4) 69.6 (66.2-73.0) 23.9 (20.4-27.3)
Education (years)
<7 86.3 (82.7-89.9) 5.1 (0-11.2) 59.9 (56.8-63.1) 35.0 (28.1-41.8)
7-9 91.0 (89.0-93.0) 5.7 (0.1-11.3) 73.6 (69.9-77.3) 20.7 (17.1-24.3)
10+ 94.8 (93.2-96.5) 15.1 (11.5-18.8) 73.2 (69.5-76.9) 11.6 (8.7-14.6)
Occupation
Farmer 88.9 (87.0-90.8) 3.3 (1.0-5.6) 67.8 (64.8-70.8) 28.9 (25.7-32.0)
Farm worker/
rural business
91.1 (87.8-94.4) 9.5 (0.0-19.8) 70.9 (63.9-77.9) 19.6 (13.0-26.3)
Other (1) 93.9 (92.1-95.7) 15.9 (10.9-20.8) 73.4 (69.2-77.6) 10.7 (8.1-13.3)
Marital status
Single 93.7 (90.9-96.5) 13.6 (8.8-18.5) 64.0 (58.8-69.2) 22.4 (17.6-27.2)
Married 90.2 (88.4-92.0) 7.2 ( 2.4-12.0) 70.7 (67.8-73.6) 22.2 (18.9-25.4)
Other (2) 91.9 (83.6-100.1) 3.8 (0.4-7.1) 81.4 (71.6-91.2) 14.8 (5.5-24.2)
Annual income (Chinese yuan)
<1500 88.4 (86.2-90.6) 2.7 (1.3-4.1) 65.0 (61.8-68.3) 32.3 (29.2-35.4)
1500-3499 90.7 (87.8-93.6) 13.0 (1.5-24.4) 68.2 (60.4-76.0) 18.8 (13.6-24.1)
3500+ 93.9 (92.3-95.5) 10.2 (7.0-13.4) 78.3 (75.3-81.4) 11.5 (8.6-14.3)

1Includes laborer, cadre, employee of domestic enterprise, employee of foreign enterprise, student, and unemployed.
2Includes separated, divorced, remarried, and widow/widower.