Research Article
Transactional Sex and HIV Risk among Adolescent School Girls in Ethiopia: Mixed Method Study
Table 3
HIV knowledge and perception of female preparatory Students in Hawassa Town, South Ethiopia, 2011 (n=620).
| Variables | Frequency (%) |
| Mode of HIV transmission | Unsafe sex | 616 (99.4) | Sharing sharp material | 554 (89.4) | Contaminated blood transfusion | 485 (78.2) | MTCT | 476 (76.8) | Sharing home utensils | 47 (7.6) | Insect bite | 30 (4.8) | Availability of treatment to cure HIV | Yes | 233 (37.6) | No | 387 (62.4) | HIV prevention method | Abstinence | 445 (71.8) | One-to-one relation | 461 (74.4) | Consistence condom use | 395 (63.7) | Avoid contaminated blood transfusion | 329 (53.1) | Perception about a health looking person can have HIV | Yes | 582 (93.9) | No | 38 (6.1) | Previous HIV risk behavior | Yes | 93 (15.0) | No | 527 (85.0) | Comprehensive knowledge about HIV/AIDS | Good | 272 (43.9) | Poor | 348 (56.1) |
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