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| Authors | Demographic region | Sample size | Sex distribution | Education level of respondents | Occupation/economic status of respondents | Extent of misconceptions about HIV transmission |
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Srivastava et al. [21] | Bareilly district, Uttar Pradesh | 341 | Males: 68%
Females: 32% | Studying in secondary school at the time of enrolling to study | Students | Mosquito bite (20.5%)
Through sweat (19.6%)
Eating together (18.2%)
Kissing (17.3%)
Living together (15.2%)
Touching an infected person (13.8%)
Sharing same clothes (13.8%)
Through common toilet (11.4%)
Through working together (9.7%) |
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| Malleshappa et al. [14] | Kuppam Mandal, Andhra Pradesh | 850 | Males: 53.6%
Females: 46.3% | Illiterate: 12.3%
Secondary school/below: 34.9%
Higher secondary: 40.7%
Graduates: 8%
Postgraduates: 4% | Student: 38%
Agricultural labourer: 43.1%
Business: 3%
Government Service: 3.6%
Housewife: 5.2%
Others (including
unemployed): 6.8% | Kissing on cheeks (20%)
Sharing utensils (20%)
Mosquito bite (17%)
Public toilets (11.8%) |
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| Yadav et al. [6] | Saurashtra region, Gujarat | 1,237 | Males: 49.9%
Females: 50.1% | Illiterate: 13.42%,
Literate: 86.58% | Percentage distribution not mentioned | Living with an HIV infected person: 20.78%
Mosquito bite 18.56%
Eating food with an HIV infected individual: 17.25% |
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| Shrotri et al. [22] | Pune, Maharashtra | 707 | All females | Illiterate/primary: 33%
Secondary or above: 67% | Housewife: 83%
Other: 17% | By mosquito bite: 62%
By food: 56%
Staying in the same room: 54%
Donating blood: 48% |
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Andersson and
Westergren [23] | Solapur district,
Maharashtra | 260 | Village
Males: 77%
Females: 23%
City
Males: 39%
Females: 61% | Studying in higher secondary at the time of enrolling to study | Students
Economic situation
Very poor: 3%
Poor: 1%
Average: 39%
Good: 44%
Very good: 7%
No answer: 6% | HIV spreads by kissing: 36.9% in village versus 31.9% in city
HIV spreads by washing or changing clothes for someone who has the infection: 6.6% in village versus 1.4% in city
HIV spreads by eating or drinking from the same plates and cups: 3.3% in village versus 2.9% in city
Shaking hands/hugging/living in the same house: 2.5% in village versus 0.7% in city |
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