TY  - JOUR
T1  - Knowledge and Awareness about HIV/AIDS among Garments Workers in Gazipur District, Bangladesh
AU - , Nazrul Islam Mondal AU - , Mosharaf Hossain AU - , Mahfuzar Rahman 
JO  - The Social Sciences
VL  - 3
IS  - 7
SP  - 528
EP  - 530
PY  - 2008
DA  - 2001/08/19
SN  - 1818-5800
DO  - sscience.2008.528.530
UR  - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=sscience.2008.528.530
KW  - HIV/AIDS
KW  -garments workers
KW  -chi-square test
KW  -logistic regression model
KW  -odds ratio
AB  - The aim of this study is to identify the socio-demographic correlation of knowledge and awareness about  HIV/AIDS  among  the  garments  workers  in  Gazipur  district, Bangladesh. For this a total number of 178 garments workers have been interviewed through a structured questionnaire by purposive sampling technique. The results shows that about half of them do not know how to read and write and also do not use condom during sexual intercourse. The chi-square ( <SUP>2</SUP>) analysis between having knowledge and awareness about HIV/AIDS and some selected background characteristics is performed. The result reveals that among the selected variables 6 variables are statistically associated with having knowledge about HIV/AIDS of the garments workers. A logistic regression model is employed which reveals that respondent’s age, education, marital status, place of birth, listening about HIV/AIDS and media information about HIV/AIDS highly significant effects on knowledge and awareness about HIV/AIDS of garment workers.
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