Table 4 Influence of characteristics on “aware” grade for HIV in a rural population, in Zhejiang Province, China, December 2010- April 2011 (N = 36,377)

Age group

 15~29

4,756 (82.17)

1,032 (17.83)

1.00

 30~44

7,806 (75.27)

2,565 (24.73)

0.91 (0.82-1.01)

0.0742

 45~59

6,980 (56.78)

5,313 (43.22)

0.60 (0.54-0.67)

<0.001

 ≥60

3,076 (38.81)

4,849 (61.19)

0.41 (0.37-0.46)

<0.001

Sex

 Male

11,606 (63.56)

6,655 (36.44)

1.00

 Female

11,012 (60.79)

7,104 (39.21)

0.97 (0.92-1.02)

0.2279

Education

 Primary school or illiterate

7,442 (44.99)

9,099 (55.01)

1.00

 Junior high school

10,332 (72.67)

3,886 (27.33)

1.71 (1.61-1.82)

<0.001

 Senior high school

3,426 (83.74)

665 (16.26)

2.50 (2.25- 2.79)

<0.001

 Above senior high school

1,418 (92.86)

109 (7.14)

4.97 (3.97-6.23)

<0.001

Occupation

 Farming

12,166 (55.59)

9,719 (44.41)

1.00

 Factory worker

3,431 (70.60)

1,429 (29.40)

1.08 (1.00 -1.17)

0.0599

 Student

1,394 (83.57)

274 (16.43)

1.52 (1.28-1.81)

<0.001

 Unemployed

1,764 (55.54)

1,412 (44.46)

0.99 (0.90-1.08)

0.7389

 Administration and management

629 (91.96)

55 (8.04)

2.46 (1.81 -3.34)

<0.001

 Commercial/food services

1,619 (81.23)

374 (18.77)

1.91 (1.68-2.18)

<0.001

 Other

1,615 (76.50)

496 (23.50)

1.58 (1.41-1.78)

<0.001

Marital status

 Currently married

18,535 (60.85)

11,927 (39.15)

1.00

 Currently unmarried

4,083 (69.03)

1,832 (30.97)

0.91(0.83-0.99)

0.0300

Census registry

 Local

21,606 (61.90)

13,301 (38.10)

1.00

 Non-local

1,012 (68.84)

458 (31.16)

0.87 (0.76-1.00)

0.0423

HIV health publicity

 Yes

20,580 (74.06)

7,209 (25.94)

1.00

 No

2,038 (23.73)

6,550 (76.27)

0.14 (0.13-0.15)

<0.001