Table 4. Prevalence (95% CI) of HIV prevention knowledge by demographic characteristics.

Characteristic Know that HIV is preventable Know all ways HIV can be prevented Know at least one way HIV can be prevented Do not know any of the ways HIV can be prevented

Overall (n=5633) 74.3 (70.8-77.8) 9.6 (3.9-15.3) 61.8 (56.8-66.8) 28.5 (24.0-33.0)
Region(by socioeconomic status)
High 89.4 (87.4-91.4) 12.9 (9.4-16.4) 74.9 (71.0-78.9) 12.2 (8.8-15.5)
Medium 79.5 (73.8-85.1) 12.3 (0-27.2) 67.4 (55.3-79.5) 20.3 (14.4-26.2)
Low 64.3 (58.8-69.7) 5.4 (3.9-6.9) 49.1 (40.6-57.7) 45.5 (36.7-54.2)
Age group (years)
15-20 81.0 (72.6-89.4) 6.4 (3.1-9.8) 55.7 (46.2-65.2) 37.9 (27.9-47.8)
21-29 75.8 (72.1-79.6) 11.6 (6.8-16.4) 57.9 (52.3-63.6) 30.5 (23.6-37.4)
30-39 70.8 (65.6-75.9) 12.6 (2.2-23.0) 60.5 (52.2-68.7) 27.0 (20.9-33.1)
40-49 77.4 (72.5-82.4) 4.3 (2.7-5.9) 68.6 (64.2-72.9) 27.2 (22.8-31.5)
Sex
Male 76.6 (72.0-81.1) 11.5 (4.9-18.1) 60.2 (55.7-64.8) 28.3 (23.3-33.2)
Female 71.7 (68.1-75.4) 7.4 (2.8-11.9) 63.8 (57.3-70.2) 28.9 (22.9-34.8)
Education (years)
<7 60.7 (53.9-67.4) 7.7 (0.4-15.0) 52.5 (44.3-60.8) 39.8 (30.0-49.5)
7-9 74.6 (70.1-79.2) 8.1 (0.7-15.5) 61.7 (56.0-67.3) 30.3 (24.8-35.7)
10+ 89.1 (86.7-91.4) 13.7 (10.0-17.5) 69.2 (65.1-73.3) 17.1 (14.3-19.9)
Occupation
Farmer 67.2 (62.3-72.0) 5.5 (3.0-8.0) 55.4 (49.3-61.6) 39.1 (33.0-45.2)
Farm worker/
rural business
73.9 (65.2-82.6) 12.2 (0-28.7) 63.5 (50.4-76.6) 24.3 (17.0-31.5)
Other (1) 89.3 (87.3-91.2) 14.4 (9.9-19.0) 70.6 (66.3-75.0) 14.9 (11.5-18.3)
Marital status
Single 83.9 (81.0-86.8) 10.4 (6.3-14.5) 56.6 (49.0-64.3) 33.0 (24.6-41.3)
Married 72.8 (68.7-76.9) 9.5 (3.2-15.8) 62.5 (57.2-67.8) 28.0 (23.4-32.5)
Other (2) 84.2 (77.8-90.7) 8.2 (2.2-14.2) 72.7 (60.6-84.7) 19.1 (8.2-30.1)
Annual income (Chinese yuan)
<1500 64.6 (59.5-69.8) 5.5 (4.0-6.9) 50.8 (43.1-58.5) 43.8 (36.4-51.1)
1500-3499 76.0 (71.2-80.9) 14.8 (0.2-29.4) 61.3 (48.1-74.6) 23.9 (18.1-29.6)
3500+ 86.6 (83.2-90.0) 9.6 (6.0-13.2) 74.2 (70.5-77.8) 16.2 (13.0-19.5)

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