Knowledge of Fearfulness about HIV/AIDS between Frequently Moving and Permanent Resident Population of three Metropolitan Cities in Bangladesh

Abstract

HIV/AIDS and its potentially fatal impact on human beings have undoubtedly become an extremely topical issue now-a-days. To have accomplished the task, this study has used mainly primary data and information collected from 1596 respondents among Dhaka, Rajshahi and Chittagong cities with the help of an interview schedule through conducting a well-designed survey have also been used in this study. It is notable that the sample size for the survey is categorized into two groups- frequently moving and permanent resident consisting of 798, 798 respondents respectively. The study reveals that though 99 percent frequently moving and permanent resident respondents heard the name of HIV/AIDS by various sources of media but 31 percent frequently moving and 28 percent permanent resident respondents don’t know the fearfulness of HIV/AIDS. Findings also reveal that comparatively permanent resident respondents (92.4%) more educated than frequently moving respondents (about 78%). Electronic media is the most dominate source of hearing about HIV/AIDS for both frequently moving (about 51%) and permanent resident (39%) respondents. In this study it also found that uncontrolled and unsafe sexual relation is the main causes to HIV/AIDS answer by the respondents. Also, they knew only safety highest ways to avoid HIV/AIDS are multiple ways. Further, all the variables (respondent’s age, marital status, educational level and occupation) of contingency analysis are significantly associate with HIV/AIDS in both permanent resident and frequently moving. In multivariate logistic analysis we found that in case of frequently moving respondents variables like respondent’s age, marital status, educational level and occupation exerts the significant effect on the knowledge about the fearfulness of HIV/AIDS whereas in permanent residents all variables exerts the significant (except in age group) effect on the knowledge about the fearfulness of HIV/AIDS.