Adaptation and validation of the HIV Knowledge Questionnaire-18 for the general population of Indonesia

Table 1 Participants’ characteristics

Variables	n	%
Total participants	1,249	100
Age
18–25	728	58.3
25–35	336	26.9
35–45	185	14.8
Gender
Female	715	57.2
Male	534	42.8
Education level
Up to senior high school	315	25.2
Bachelor	804	64.4
Postgraduate	130	10.4
Marital status (n = 1201)
No	812	67.6
Yes	389	32.4
Monthly expense (in Rupiah) (n = 1160)
< 2 million	718	61.9
2–3 million	168	14.5
3–4 million	100	8.6
4–5 million	72	6.2
> 5 million	102	8.8
Having educational background in health sciences (n = 1242)
No	578	46.5
Yes	664	53.5
Have attended workshop(s) about HIV (n = 1246)
No	811	65.1
Yes	435	34.9
Location
Sumatra	204	16.3
Java	217	17.4
Kalimantan	200	16.0
Bali and Nusa Tenggara	209	16.7
Sulawesi	209	16.7
Maluku and Papua	210	16.8

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