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Table 12.1 Knowledge of AIDS
Percentage of women and men who have heard of AIDS, and percentage who believe there is a way to avoid getting
AIDS, by background characteristics, Ethiopia 2000
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Women
Men
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Believes
Believes
there is
there is
Has a way Has a way
Background heard of to avoid heard of to avoid
characteristic HIV/AIDS getting AIDS Number HIV/AIDS getting AIDS Number
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Age
15-19
20-24
25-29
30-39
40-49
50-59
Current marital status
Never married
Ever had sex
Never had sex
Married or living together
Divorced, separated,
widowed
Residence
Urban
Rural
Region
Tigray
Affar
Amhara
Oromiya
Somali
Benishangul-Gumuz
SNNP
Gambela
Harari
Addis Ababa
Dire Dawa
Education
No education
Primary
Secondary and higher
78.9 66.6 3,710 87.8 79.8 600
85.4 73.8 2,860 97.3 89.3 408
88.4 77.4 2,585 97.7 94.8 343
86.9 74.3 3,557 97.9 94.3 580
85.2 70.6 2,655 98.1 94.4 389
NA NA NA 97.7 87.6 287
80.6 69.1 3,688 91.3 83.5 1,040
95.7 93.3 207 99.1 91.8 278
79.7 67.6 3,481 88.4 80.5 762
85.9 72.6 9,789 98.5 94.0 1,460
86.1 76.2 1,890 95.3 86.8 107
97.2 93.6 2,791 98.8 97.6 379
81.9 67.5 12,576 94.9 88.1 2,228
91.3 87.2 969 95.3 94.4 136
67.0 45.5 178 89.7 61.9 34
87.1 81.2 3,820 96.4 93.4 630
84.9 68.9 5,937 96.0 88.2 1,054
62.2 41.5 175 89.1 70.8 36
69.7 62.4 160 91.8 86.5 31
79.2 62.0 3,285 94.2 88.3 566
70.1 58.0 40 79.7 74.9 7
91.9 74.9 41 96.7 93.0 7
99.0 96.5 684 97.9 96.3 95
95.1 79.3 79 98.1 94.6 12
80.5 65.6 11,551 92.9 83.5 1,358
95.7 88.1 2,425 97.6 94.7 860
99.7 99.2 1,391 99.9 99.1 388
Total
84.7 72.2 15,367 95.5 89.5 2,607
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NA = Not applicable
Community meetings are the most important source of information on AIDS as stated by both
women and men (80 percent and 71 percent, respectively) who have heard of AIDS (Tables 12.2.1 and
12.2.2). Men are much more likely than women to have heard of AIDS on the radio and television.
Friends and relatives are an important source of information on AIDS for both men and women, as are
health workers. Exposure to AIDS information on the radio is nearly four times as high among urban
than rural women and twice as high among urban than rural men.
Young respondents are more likely to mention school as a source of information on AIDS, while
community meetings are more important for older respondents. Never-married women and men who
have ever had sex are more likely to receive information on AIDS from the media than other women and
men. In contrast, community meetings are an important source of information on AIDS among currently
married and formerly married women and men. Urban residents (women and men) are more likely to
have heard of AIDS from the media than rural women and men. For rural residents, community
meetings are the single most important source of information on AIDS.
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