ASSESSING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ATTITUDE AND AWARENESS REGARDING HIV/AIDS USING CANONICAL CORRELATION ANALYSIS

The objective of this study is to explore the relation between awareness regarding HIV/AIDS transmission and attitude towards the infected person using canonical correlation analysis. A survey was conducted in Karachi to accomplish the given objective. Initial analysis reveals that all though respondents were aware of mode of transfer of HIV/AIDS but still they have some misconceptions. Two canonical correlation has been retrieved as asymptotic statistical significance test for canonical correlation (approx. F for Wilks Λ) is significant only for two canonical correlation. Results show that students have sufficient knowledge regarding the HIV/AIDS transmission and this awareness leads participants to have sympathetic feelings for infected person.