Students’ Knowledge and Sources of Information on HIV/AIDS: Evidence from the Lower Manya Krobo Municipality of the Eastern Region of Ghana
Table 4.
Information on HIV/AIDS and how much information about HIV/AIDS do students getfrom selected sources
| | A lot | Little | No | Some | | Television | | | | | | Frequency | 106 | 98 | 12 | 82 | | Percentage | 35.6 | 32.9 | 4.0 | 27.5 | | Radio | | | | | | Frequency | 59 | 125 | 31 | 83 | | Percentage | 19.8 | 41.9 | 10.4 | 27.9 | | Newspapers | | | | | | Frequency | 36 | 115 | 73 | 74 | | Percentage | 12.1 | 38.6 | 24.5 | 24.3 | | Pamphlet/posters | | | | | | Frequency | 71 | 107 | 48 | 72 | | Percentage | 23.8 | 35.9 | 16.1 | 24.2 | | Healthcare workers | | | | | | Frequency | 122 | 74 | 25 | 77 | | Percentage | 40.9 | 24.8 | 8.4 | 25.8 | | Campaigns | | | | | | Frequency | 53 | 88 | 76 | 81 | | Percentage | 17.8 | 29.5 | 25.5 | 27.2 | | Religious leaders | | | | | | Frequency | 39 | 115 | 62 | 81 | | Percentage | 31.1 | 38.6 | 20.8 | 27.2 | | Internet | | | | | | Frequency | 52 | 112 | 45 | 88 | | Percentage | 17.4 | 37.6 | 15.1 | 29.5 | | Sexual partners | | | | | | Frequency | 41 | 85 | 109 | 62 | | Percentage | 13.8 | 28.5 | 36.6 | 20.5 | | In class/at school | | | | | | Frequency | 100 | 87 | 28 | 83 | | Percentage | 33.6 | 29.2 | 9.4 | 27.9 | | School health education | | | | | | Frequency | 113 | 82 | 27 | 76 | | Percentage | 37.9 | 27.5 | 9.1 | 25.5 | | Peers | | | | | | Frequency | 44 | 116 | 49 | 89 | | Percentage | 14.8 | 38.9 | 16.4 | 29.9 | | Family members | | | | | | Frequency | 46 | 100 | 85 | 67 | | Percentage | 15.4 | 33.3 | 28.5 | 22.5 | Source: Field Data (2020); n=298
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Source: Field Data (2020); n=298 |
