HIV/AIDS knowledge and attitudes towards HIV and condom use among internally displaced Libyan males. Is there a need to implement sex education?

Figures & data

Table 1. Demographic characteristics.

Characteristics	n	Percentage (%)
Age (years)
18–34	246	63.1
35–44	95	24.3
>45	49	12.6
Mean ± SD = 32.81 ± 8.93
Religion Muslim	390	100
Marital status
Single	249	63.8
Married	141	36.2
Education
High School or lower	235	60.3
College or Postgraduate	155	39.7
Occupation
Student	56	14.4
Government Employee	88	22.6
Company employee	41	10.5
Self-owned business	142	36.4
Unemployed	50	12.8
Others	13	3.3
Monthly income
No income	116	29.7
200–500 USD	243	62.3
more than 500 USD	31	7.9
Duration of living in the IDP camps
4 years or less	286	73.3
more than 4 years	104	26.7
Reasons of leaving their home
My/my family Home was destroyed	279	71.5
Forced to leave home due to the war	81	20.8
Other reasons	30	7.7

Table 2. Results from the HIV/AIDS knowledge questions.

Question	Correct answers
	n	%
HIV can be transmitted by shaking hands/touching a person living with with HIV.^a	283	73.32
One can get HIV through unprotected sexual intercourse with an infected person	341	88.34
One can get HIV through sharing piercing and cutting instruments like needles.	345	89.38
One can get HIV through kissing on the cheek.^a	201	52.07
Do you think that people living with HIV look sick?^a	151	39.12
HIV patients can be treated? by treatment I mean availability of drugs that if taken regularly will make the person with HIV live normally	230	59.59
Can a person get a vaccine to prevent HIV infection?	214	55.44
Does using condoms reduce risk of HIV infection?	260	67.36
Do male and female condoms provide the same protection against HIV?	143	37.05
Does douching after sex reduce the risk of HIV infection?^a	170	44.04
Is there a medication can a person use it as prophylactic to protect against HIV transmission?	93	24.09

^a Negative question.

Table 3. Predictors for condom use of the IDPs (n = 359).

Predictor	Condom use (n = 359)
	b (SE)	aOR (95% CI)
Age	−0.004 (0.019)	0.996 (0.96–1.035)
HIV Knowledge	0.183** (0.07)	1.201 (1.046–1.379)
HIV Attitude	−0.045 (0.024)	0.956 (0.911–1.003)
Condom Attitude	0.089*** (0.021)	1.093 (1.048–1.14)
College or Postgraduate vs High school or lower	−0.269 (0.269)	0.764 (0.451–1.295)
Income
200–500 USD	1.315*** (0.31)	3.725 (2.028–6.84)
500 USD or higher	0.565 (0.571)	1.759 (0.575–5.386)
Married vs Single	1.033** (0.332)	2.809 (1.465–5.385)
Constant	−4.198*** (0.98)
Cox & Snell R Square	0,230
Nagelkerke R Square	0,307
Chi-square	93,845
Df	11
Sig.	< .001

aOR: Adjusted odds ration; ***p < .001, **p < .01, *p < .05.