Theory & Practice Pages 185–196 Knowledge, risk perception of AIDS and reported sexual behaviour among students in secondary schools and colleges in Tanzania

A questionnaire survey was carried out among 1041 students in secondary schools and colleges in Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania to evaluate the rela-tionship between HIV-risky sexual behaviour and anti-condom bias, as well as with AIDS-related information, knowledge, perceptions and attitudes. Self-reportedly, 54 % of students (75% of the boys and 40 % of the girls) were sexually active, 39 % had a regular sexual partner and 13 % had multiple partners in the previous year. The condom use rate was higher than previous reports. However, 30 % of sexually active respondents did not always use condoms (Risk-1 behaviour) and 35 % of those with multiple partners in the previous year did not always use condoms (Risk-2 behaviour). Multiple logistic regression analyses indicated that ‘sex partner hates condom ’ had association with both Risk-