Table 3: Comparison of HIV risky behaviors before and after awareness of status in sero-positives and sero-negatives/sero-ignorants.

Risky behaviors Sero-positives Sero-negatives/sero-ignorants
Before awareness After awareness P-value Before awareness After awareness P-value
Condom usage Never 62 (39.2%) 24 (16.1%) 0.002 22 (15.3%) 28 (18.9%) 0.000
Often 85 (53.8%) 63 (42.3%) 77 (53.5%) 70 (47.3%)
Always 11 (7.0%) 62 (41.6%) 45 (31.3%) 50 (33.8%)
Total 158 (100.0%) 149 (100.0%) 144 (100.0%) 148 (100.0%)
Number of sexual partners No partner 2 (1.3%) 22 (13.8%) 0.001 17 (10.8%) 16 (10.1%) 0.000
1 partner 65 (40.6%) 93 (58.1%) 95 (60.1%) 125 (79.1%)
2 partners 50 (31.3%) 29 (18.1%) 31 (19.6%) 14 (8.9%)
3-4 partners 30 (18.8%) 12 (7.5%) 13 (8.2%) 3 (1.9%)
5-9 partners 4 (2.5%) 2 (1.3%) 1 (0.6%) 0 (00%)
≥ 10 partners 9 (5.6%) 2 (1.3%) 1 (0.6%) 0 (00%)
Total 160 (100.0%) 160 (100.0%) 158 (100.0%) 158 (100.0%)
Frequency of sex Per day 9 (6.0%) 3 (2.0%) 0.000 2 (1.5%) 3 (2.1%) 0.000
Per week 89 (59.7%) 63 (41.2%) 63 (46.0%) 59 (41.8%)
Per month 50 (33.6%) 64 (41.8%) 69 (50.4%) 75 (53.2%)
Per year 0 (00%) 12 (7.8%) 0 (00%) 0 (00%)
No more 1 (0.7%) 11 (7.2%) 3 (2.2%) 4 (2.8%)
Total 149 (100.0%) 153 (100.0%) 137 (100.0%) 141 (100.0%)