INFLUENCE OF GENDER AND AGE ON EMPLOYEES’ PERCEPTION OF CO-WORKERS WITH HIV/AIDS AMONG BANKERS IN ASABA, DELTA STATE, NIGERIA

Abstract

The research examined the influence of gender and age on employees’ perceptions of coworkers with HIV/AIDS among bankers in Asaba, Delta State, Nigeria. With purposive sampling, 140 bankers were sampled consisting 74 (52.9%) male, and 66 (47.1%) females of age-ranged 25-50 years, mean-age 29.71 years and SD 5.68. Instrument was questionnaires on perception of coworkers with HIV/AIDS developed by Kanengoni, Mazorodze and Harunavamwe (2011). Statistics was Two-Way ANOVA. Finding showed significant difference between male and female bankers on their perception of co-workers living with HIV/AIDS F(1, 136)=16.34, p<.000; significant different between older and younger bankers on their perception of co-workers living with HIV/AIDS F(1,136)=9.34, p<.000; and significant interaction between gender and age of bankers perception of co-workers living with HIV/AIDS at F(1, 36)=14.46, P<.000. Recommendation is made for further studies on perceptions of coworkers living with HIV/AIDS from educational and religious perspectives.