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percent of women and 55 percent of men believe that a healthy-looking person can have the AIDS virus.
Fifty-eight percent of women and 72 percent of men also recognize that the infection can be transmitted
from a mother to her child. One in four women and one in three men are aware that HIV/AIDS
transmission can occur during pregnancy, about one in ten women and men are aware that this
transmission can occur during delivery, and two in five women and one in two men are aware of
transmission through breastfeeding.
Awareness of HIV/AIDS and knowledge of ways to avoid AIDS may be enhanced by a
respondent’s exposure to individuals who have the AIDS virus or who have died from AIDS. When asked
whether respondents knew someone personally who has HIV/AIDS, about one in four women and one
in three men acknowledge that they know someone who has HIV/AIDS or someone who has died from
AIDS.
12.4 SOCIAL ASPECTS OF HIV/AIDS PREVENTION AND MITIGATION
Respondents who have heard of HIV/AIDS were also asked a number of questions on the social
aspects of HIV/AIDS prevention and mitigation in order to assess their attitude toward people with the
AIDS virus. Table 12.6 shows that one in four women and one in two men currently married or living
with a partner have discussed the prevention of HIV/AIDS with their spouse or partner. Women age
20-39 and men age 25-49 are more likely to have discussed HIV/AIDS prevention with their spouse
Table 12.6 Discussion of HIV/AIDS with partner
Percent distribution of women and men who are currently married or living with a partner who has discussed the
prevention of HIV/AIDS with their husband/partner, according to background characteristics, Ethiopia 2000
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Women
Men
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Has not
Has not
Background No/ heard No/ heard
characteristic Yes unsure of AIDS Total Number Yes unsure of AIDS Total Number
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Age
15-19
20.7 62.5 16.8 100.0 862 1.0 98.7 0.3 100.0 7
20-24
27.0 58.0 15.0 100.0 1,807 41.0 58.5 0.4 100.0 76
25-29
30.1 57.8 12.0 100.0 2,051 47.5 49.8 2.7 100.0 222
30-39
28.1 58.7 13.2 100.0 3,013 56.6 42.1 1.3 100.0 511
40-49
17.6 67.2 15.2 100.0 2,057 47.3 51.8 0.9 100.0 363
50-59
NA NA NA NA NA 38.6 59.1 2.3 100.0 281
Residence
Urban
Rural
Region
Tigray
Affar
Amhara
Oromiya
Somali
Benishangul-Gumuz
SNNP
Gambela
Harari
Addis Ababa
Dire Dawa
50.3 48.4 1.3 100.0 1,193 70.5 29.0 0.5 100.0 183
22.0 62.2 15.8 100.0 8,596 45.2 53.1 1.7 100.0 1,277
30.4 62.2 7.4 100.0 627 40.2 59.8 0.0 100.0 75
9.9 55.1 35.0 100.0 125 28.9 64.1 6.9 100.0 21
23.5 65.1 11.3 100.0 2,587 45.1 53.8 1.1 100.0 393
27.7 59.8 12.5 100.0 3,769 57.4 41.5 1.1 100.0 567
8.9 55.9 35.1 100.0 112 11.7 82.0 6.4 100.0 22
24.4 45.7 29.9 100.0 111 36.7 54.6 8.8 100.0 18
20.9 58.9 20.3 100.0 2,133 40.3 57.8 1.9 100.0 316
16.2 54.3 29.5 100.0 30 44.2 38.9 16.9 100.0 4
31.6 60.3 8.1 100.0 22 35.9 62.7 1.4 100.0 3
54.6 44.7 0.8 100.0 236 73.5 24.5 2.0 100.0 34
33.2 62.4 4.4 100.0 38 51.9 47.1 1.0 100.0 6
Education
No education 20.3 63.2 16.5 100.0 8,121 38.1 59.6 2.2 100.0 895
Primary
41.7 55.6 2.6 100.0 1,161 57.3 42.1 0.6 100.0 397
Secondary and higher 71.3 28.1 0.6 100.0 507 81.7 18.2 0.0 100.0 169
Total
25.5 60.5 14.0 100.0 9,789 48.4 50.1 1.5 100.0 1,460
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NA = Not applicable
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