Research Article

Effect of Health Education on Willingness to Undergo HIV Screening among Antenatal Attendees in a Teaching Hospital in North Central Nigeria

Table 6

Relationship between sociodemographic characteristics and willingness to be screened.

Sociodemographic characteristicsStudyChi-square;
degrees of freedom (df); value
ControlChi-square;
df;
value
BeforeAfterBeforeAfter
(%) (%) (%) (%)

Age group
 ≤19 1 (0.9) 1 (1.0) ;  
;  
0 (0.0) 1 (0.9)

 20–29 75 (70.8) 77 (74.0) 74 (67.3) 76 (74.5)
 30–39 29 (27.4) 22 (21.2) 33 (30.0) 21 (20.7)
 ≥40 1 (0.9) 4 (3.8) 3 (2.7) 4 (3.9)
Education
 None 2 (1.9) 4 (3.9) ; 
; 
5 (4.6) 4 (3.9)

 Primary 23 (21.7)17 (16.3) 25 (22.7) 16 (15.7)
 Secondary 39 (36.8)37 (35.6) 37 (33.6) 36 (35.3)
 Postsecondary 42 (39.6)46 (44.2) 43 (39.1) 46 (45.1)
Marital status
 Single 22 (20.8)16 (15.4) ; 
; 
18 (16.4) 16 (15.7)

 Married 76 (71.7)75 (72.1) 83 (75.5) 73 (71.6)
 Cohabiting 8 (7.5)13 (12.5) 9 (8.1) 13 (12.7)
Occupation
 Artisan 22 (20.8) 14 (13.5) ; 
; 
24 (21.8) 14 (13.7)

 Trading 34 (32.1) 35 (33.7)37 (33.6) 34 (33.3)
 Teaching 9 (8.5) 10 (9.6) 9 (8.2) 10 (9.8)
 Student 20 (18.8) 26 (25.0)18 (16.4) 25 (24.5)
 Housewife 11 (10.4) 8 (7.6)11 (10.0) 8 (7.8)
 Others 10 (9.4)11 (10.6)11 (10.0) 11 (10.9)
Parity
 First time 42 (39.6) 39 (38.0) ; 
; 
42 (38.1) 39 (38.2)

 Second time 28 (26.4) 24 (23.1) 23 (20.9) 23 (22.5)
 Third time 14 (13.2) 24 (23.1) 17 (15.5) 23 (22.5)
 More than three 22 (20.8) 17 (15.8) 28 (25.5) 17 (16.8)