GENERALIZED CONFIRMATORY FACTOR ANALYSIS FOR KNOWING IMPACT OF KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, AND BEHAVIORAL FACTORS HIV/AIDS IN INDONESIA

The cumulative number of detected HIV/AIDS cases in the January – March 2021 is 9,327, consisting of 7,650 HIV and 1,677 AIDS reported by 498 districts and cities from 514 districts and cities in Indonesia. Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) is the virus that causes Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS). Several factors that influence the spread of HIV/AIDS include knowledge, attitudes, and behavior about HIV/AIDS. Someone who gains knowledge about HIV/AIDS will have high self-confidence and a positive outlook on life and be more optimistic in taking HIV/AIDS prevention actions. The main objective of this study is to determine the influence of external factors, which include demographic, social, and economic aspects, as well as internal factors, which include knowledge, attitudes, and behavior to the level of transmission of HIV/AIDS. Using the CFA approach, it can be seen which indicators have the greatest influence on the latent variables of knowledge, attitudes, and behavior, or called loading factors. The data used is secondary data from a 5-year survey from the Central Statistics Agency, namely the 2017 Indonesian Demographic and Health Survey (IDHS) published at the end of 2018. The CFA results show that the P11 variable (about known infections) has the largest loading factor value, which is 0.613. In the Attitude latent variable, the S1 variable (about identifying how the respondent knows someone is infected with HIV-AIDS) has the largest loading factor value of 0.514. While the behavioral latent variable, the variable R8 (whether men have been infected with sexually transmitted diseases (STI) with symptoms) has the largest loading factor value, which is 0.954.