Table 3: Perception of HIV/AIDS prevention.

Perception of severity of HIV/AIDS

Frequency

Percentage

Strongly Agree

195

67.7

Agree

77

26.7

Indifferent

11

3.8

Disagree

4

1.4

Strongly Disagree

1

0.3

Perception about the need for people living with HIV/AIDS to live in isolation

Frequency

Percentage

Strongly Agree

28

9.7

Agree

35

12.2

Indifferent

18

6.3

Disagree

89

30.9

Strongly Disagree

118

41.0

Total

288

100

 

67.7% strongly agree that HIV is severe disease, while 41.0% of the respondents strongly disagree that people living with the disease should be isolated from apparently healthy people.