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or partner than others. Discussion about HIV/AIDS prevention is also more common among highly
educated respondents than others. Twice as many urban than rural women and one and half times as
many urban than rural men have discussed HIV/AIDS prevention with their spouse or partner. Residents
of Addis Ababa are most likely to have discussed HIV/AIDS prevention with their spouse or partner.
Respondents were also asked for their opinion on whether a person who knows she/he has the
AIDS virus should be allowed to keep this information a secret or should make it available to the
community. This could shed some light on the extent of stigma associated with HIV/AIDS and
discrimination against people who have HIV/AIDS. Nearly twice as many women as men who have
heard of AIDS believed that a person who knows that she/he has the AIDS virus should be allowed to
keep this information a secret (Table 12.7). Younger women (15-24), those who have never married,
Table 12.7 Social aspects of HIV/AIDS
Percentage of women and men who have heard of AIDS by responses to questions on various social aspects of HIV/AIDS,
according
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to background characteristics, Ethiopia 2000
Women
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Men
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Percentage
Percentage
who believe Percentage who believe Percentage
that the HIV who are that the HIV who are
positive status willing to care positive status willing to care
of a family for a relative of a family for a relative
Background member should sick with member should sick with
characteristic remain a secret AIDS Number remain a secret AIDS Number
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Age
25-29
14.5 46.7 2,286 8.8 48.6 335
30-39
15.3 43.3 3,091 8.5 50.4 568
40-49
15.2 42.0 2,263 4.6 50.6 382
50-59
NA NA NA 7.7 48.8 281
15-19
20-24
18.6
17.5
48.5
45.6
2,927
2,443
14.4
8.3
53.8
46.5
527
397
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
18.9 53.9 2,971 12.2 55.6 949
18.5 76.1 198 13.6 63.9 275
19.0 52.3 2,774 11.6 52.2 674
15.7 40.6 8,412 7.0 46.7 1,438
14.6 53.8 1,627 9.9 47.3 102
13.2 70.5 2,713 11.3 80.8 374
17.1 38.7 10,297 8.7 44.7 2,115
7.2 61.7 885 17.8 54.2 129
13.9 78.1 119 5.5 50.5 31
19.2 49.9 3,328 10.2 65.7 607
14.3 36.8 5,039 8.9 37.2 1,011
14.4 47.5 109 7.9 55.8 32
32.3 42.6 111 16.1 55.5 28
20.1 38.3 2,601 5.6 47.2 534
31.4 63.9 28 22.1 56.9 5
6.6 55.6 37 1.3 68.8 7
12.7 82.3 677 11.1 91.2 93
10.1 67.9 75 4.6 72.9 12
16.6 39.5 9,303 8.2 46.3 1,262
16.8 47.7 2,320 9.7 42.4 839
13.1 80.1 1,387 10.5 79.0 388
Total
16.3 45.3 13,010 9.1 50.1 2,489
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NA = Not applicable
168 * HIV/AIDS and Other STIs