Research Article

Impact of National HIV and AIDS Communication Campaigns in South Africa to Reduce HIV Risk Behaviour

Table 3

Association of demographic characteristics and overall exposure to HIV communication campaigns ( ).

Demographic characteristics (%)AOR (95% CI) value*

Age
 15–245344 (35.1)1.00
 26–352644 (29.3)0.77 (0.65–0.90)0.001
 36–555246 (35.6)0.71 (0.61–0.82)<0.001
Sex
 Women 7518 (52.0)1.00
 Men5716 (48.0)1.05 (0.92–1.20)0.481
Education
 Grade 0–72266 (19.8)1.00
 Grade 8–115288 (42.8)3.14 (2.61–3.78)<0.001
 Grade 12 or more4775 (37.4)5.34 (4.36–6.54)<0.001
Geolocality
 Urban formal8290 (54.2)1.00
 Urban informal1577 (10.2)0.55 (0.42–0.73)<0.001
 Rural3367 (35.6)0.34 (0.27–0.42)<0.001
Population group
 White1509 (9.2)1.00
 Black African7750 (78.5)0.10 (0.07–0.13)<0.001
 Coloured2512 (9.6)0.70 (0.55–0.89)0.003
 Indian or Asian1428 (2.6)0.32 (0.19–0.54)<0.001

Adjusted odds ratio: AOR. *Significance tested using logistic regression at value <0.05.