Table 1 Distribution of sociodemographic and other factors of ever-married Pakistani women of reproductive age (n = 3381).

From: Evaluating knowledge about HIV and discriminatory attitudes among Pakistani women of reproductive age using 2017–18 Demographic Health Survey data

Participant characteristic

n (%)

Discriminatory attitude

 Positive attitude

480 (14.2)

 Mixed attitude

912 (27.0)

 Negative attitude

1989 (58.8)

Knowledge

 Good knowledge

492 (14.5)

 Average knowledge

716 (21.2)

 Poor knowledge

2173 (64.3)

Age (in years)*

33.5 ± 7.5

Highest level of education

 No education

475 (14.1)

 Primary education

502 (14.8)

 Secondary education

1192 (35.2)

 Higher education

1212 (35.9)

Wealth index combined

 Low

302 (8.9)

 Middle

566 (16.8)

 High

2513 (74.3)

Type of place of residence

 Rural

1476 (46.7)

 Urban

1905 (56.4)

History of testing for HIV

 Yes

231 (6.8)

 No

3150 (93.1)

  1. *Denotes the mean and standard deviation of the continuous variable of age.