eTable 2 Distribution of HIV/AIDS knowledge, media use, and sociodemographic variables among women in the 2005-2006 National Family Health Survey

Full Sample / Aware of HIV/AIDS / HIV/AIDS prevention knowledge / HIV/AIDS transmission knowledge / Positive attitudes towards infected individuals
N / Weighted % / N / Weighted % / N / Weighted % / N / Weighted % / N / Weighted %
Newspaper use
Never / 67269 / 63.7 / 34736 / 43.4 / 12434 / 14.0 / 9174 / 10.5 / 9547 / 11.2
Occasionally / 18852 / 13.4 / 16964 / 86.0 / 8938 / 43.4 / 7360 / 34.3 / 6482 / 31.7
Weekly / 16336 / 10.4 / 15424 / 92.1 / 9017 / 50.4 / 8149 / 45.4 / 6338 / 37.2
Daily / 21002 / 12.5 / 20558 / 96.9 / 13864 / 63.7 / 13267 / 59.3 / 9161 / 42.1
Radio use
Never / 64927 / 55.8 / 40115 / 51.2 / 18259 / 21.4 / 16095 / 18.4 / 13332 / 16.4
Occasionally / 19266 / 15.5 / 14422 / 65.6 / 7207 / 30.8 / 5958 / 24.2 / 5025 / 21.7
Weekly / 15168 / 11.6 / 11990 / 70.3 / 6480 / 34.3 / 5393 / 28.6 / 4530 / 24.8
Daily / 24098 / 17.1 / 21155 / 81.9 / 12307 / 42.4 / 10504 / 35.7 / 8641 / 29.9
Television use
Never / 30861 / 34.4 / 10299 / 28.0 / 3329 / 8.5 / 2526 / 6.4 / 2442 / 7.0
Occasionally / 12678 / 10.5 / 8012 / 54.9 / 3282 / 21.5 / 2462 / 14.6 / 2370 / 15.6
Weekly / 14976 / 11.4 / 10997 / 65.8 / 5166 / 27.2 / 4003 / 21.7 / 3751 / 21.7
Daily / 64944 / 43.7 / 58374 / 86.9 / 32476 / 45.0 / 28959 / 39.4 / 22965 / 32.1
Movie use
Less than monthly / 115401 / 94.4 / 80437 / 59.6 / 40079 / 27.0 / 33977 / 22.4 / 28609 / 20.0
Monthly or more / 8058 / 5.6 / 7245 / 83.1 / 4174 / 43.2 / 3973 / 40.3 / 2919 / 29.4
Wealth
1st (lowest) quintile / 14002 / 17.5 / 3581 / 23.9 / 897 / 6.1 / 653 / 4.4 / 869 / 5.7
2nd quintile / 17517 / 19.0 / 8044 / 40.7 / 2474 / 11.9 / 1786 / 8.4 / 2073 / 10.4
3rd quintile / 23469 / 20.2 / 15522 / 60.0 / 6326 / 21.8 / 4558 / 16.3 / 4767 / 17.0
4th quintile / 29914 / 21.0 / 24477 / 77.6 / 12087 / 35.9 / 10044 / 30.0 / 8847 / 26.9
5th (highest) quintile / 38557 / 22.4 / 36058 / 92.0 / 22469 / 56.7 / 20909 / 51.3 / 14972 / 37.9
Education (years)
None / 39669 / 40.7 / 14712 / 30.2 / 4623 / 8.2 / 2910 / 5.4 / 3431 / 6.4
1 to 5 / 17447 / 14.5 / 11722 / 60.6 / 4433 / 20.2 / 2940 / 13.4 / 3210 / 15.4
6 to 10 / 42080 / 30.2 / 37216 / 84.2 / 18866 / 40.2 / 15862 / 33.3 / 13588 / 29.9
11 to 12 / 11399 / 7.2 / 11211 / 97.8 / 7034 / 59.5 / 6781 / 56.0 / 5063 / 44.0
13 or more / 12864 / 7.3 / 12821 / 99.7 / 9297 / 72.1 / 9457 / 71.1 / 6236 / 47.5
Occupation
None / 73745 / 57.3 / 56321 / 67.9 / 29223 / 33.2 / 25472 / 28.4 / 21002 / 24.5
Non-manual / 9735 / 5.1 / 9152 / 90.0 / 5849 / 56.9 / 5707 / 53.5 / 3892 / 38.0
Agricultural / 23869 / 25.2 / 11018 / 38.7 / 4034 / 11.5 / 2734 / 8.3 / 2762 / 9.0
Manual / 16110 / 12.4 / 11191 / 61.5 / 5147 / 25.3 / 4037 / 19.0 / 3872 / 18.1
Location
Urban / 56546 / 32.8 / 48771 / 83.2 / 27257 / 44.2 / 24664 / 39.3 / 18972 / 30.5
Rural / 66913 / 67.2 / 38911 / 50.0 / 16996 / 20.0 / 13286 / 15.7 / 12556 / 15.7
Caste
Scheduled caste / 20486 / 18.8 / 13237 / 55.4 / 6140 / 22.9 / 4750 / 17.8 / 4736 / 17.5
Scheduled tribe / 16388 / 8.1 / 10383 / 37.9 / 4823 / 14.1 / 4394 / 11.8 / 2635 / 11.1
Other backward class / 39386 / 39.6 / 26236 / 58.1 / 11934 / 24.5 / 10236 / 20.6 / 8957 / 18.1
General class / 47199 / 33.5 / 37826 / 72.7 / 21356 / 38.3 / 18570 / 32.7 / 15200 / 27.3
Age (years)
15-19 / 23775 / 19.9 / 17496 / 64.3 / 8005 / 27.8 / 7951 / 27.3 / 6647 / 24.2
20-24 / 22635 / 18.3 / 17157 / 66.5 / 9009 / 32.7 / 8091 / 28.2 / 6680 / 24.8
25-29 / 20499 / 16.4 / 14975 / 62.6 / 8156 / 31.0 / 6756 / 24.8 / 5605 / 21.6
30-34 / 17750 / 14.2 / 12448 / 58.8 / 6625 / 27.9 / 5360 / 21.5 / 4449 / 18.7
35-39 / 16018 / 12.7 / 10806 / 57.2 / 5459 / 25.5 / 4280 / 19.7 / 3573 / 17.1
40-44 / 13053 / 10.5 / 8641 / 55.3 / 4144 / 23.0 / 3241 / 18.0 / 2671 / 15.4
45-49 / 9729 / 7.9 / 6159 / 52.7 / 2855 / 21.4 / 2271 / 16.4 / 1903 / 14.5
Marital status
Married / 87306 / 74.8 / 58735 / 57.2 / 29933 / 26.4 / 23726 / 20.4 / 20256 / 18.2
Never married / 30404 / 20.5 / 25356 / 76.1 / 12811 / 35.7 / 13037 / 36.4 / 10225 / 30.6
Widowed/divorced/separated / 5749 / 4.7 / 3591 / 53.5 / 1509 / 19.4 / 1187 / 14.7 / 1047 / 13.6
Religion
Hindu / 89447 / 80.6 / 62408 / 60.6 / 31460 / 27.7 / 26810 / 23.3 / 24141 / 20.9
Muslim / 16612 / 13.6 / 10794 / 55.1 / 5167 / 24.2 / 4085 / 19.7 / 3151 / 16.3
Christian / 10893 / 2.5 / 9447 / 84.6 / 4712 / 39.8 / 4686 / 36.8 / 2204 / 20.5
Sikh / 2758 / 1.8 / 2107 / 75.7 / 1323 / 46.5 / 915 / 32.0 / 798 / 28.3
Other religion / 3749 / 1.5 / 2926 / 71.3 / 1591 / 34.8 / 1454 / 33.9 / 1234 / 26.9
Total / 123459 / 100.0 / 87682 / 60.9 / 44253 / 28.0 / 37950 / 23.4 / 31528 / 20.5

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