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Tables 12.9.1 and 12.9.2 show the knowledge among women and men of signs and symptoms
of STIs in a man or a woman. Thirty-seven percent of women and 19 percent of men in Ethiopia have
no knowledge of STIs. One in four women and 14 percent of men did not know of any STI symptoms
in a man, 16 percent of women and men mentioned just one symptom, and 22 percent of women and
52 percent of men mentioned at least two symptoms. A similar pattern is seen for knowledge of signs
and symptoms of STIs in a woman. Twenty-seven percent of women and 41 percent of men do not know
of any signs or symptoms, 14 percent of women and 12 percent of men know of one, and 23 percent of
women and 28 percent of men know of two or more. Lack of knowledge of STIs is especially high among
the very young (15-19), those who have never married and never had sex, and rural residents.
Table 12.9.1 Knowledge of signs and symptoms of STIs: women
Percentage of women with knowledge of signs and symptoms associated with sexually transmitted infections
(STIs) in a man or a woman, by background characteristics, Ethiopia 2000
____________________________________________________________________________________________
Knowledge of signs or
Knowledge of signs or
symptoms of STIs in a man symptoms of STIs in a woman
______________________________ ______________________________
No Mentioned Mentioned
knowl- No Mentioned two No Mentioned two
Background edge of symptoms one or more symptoms one or more
characteristic STIs mentioned symptom symptoms mentioned symptom symptoms Number
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Age
15-19
20-24
25-29
30-39
40-49
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 41.3 23.1 15.6 20.0 25.2 13.3 20.1 11,551
Primary
33.4 26.1 16.5 24.0 27.6 14.4 24.6 2,425
Secondary and higher 6.7 34.6 22.4 36.3 35.0 19.3 38.9 1,391
Total
54.3 21.8 12.3 11.6 22.7 10.5 12.5 3,710
43.2 24.4 15.2 17.2 26.6 12.5 17.7 2,860
33.2 27.1 17.8 21.8 29.6 15.4 21.9 2,585
27.7 26.1 17.2 29.0 28.2 15.2 28.9 3,557
22.0 24.2 20.6 33.2 26.5 17.6 33.9 2,655
50.5 23.8 12.9 12.8 24.4 10.8 14.3 3,688
19.7 25.6 28.0 26.7 29.3 24.7 26.3 207
52.3 23.7 12.0 12.0 24.1 10.0 13.6 3,481
33.0 25.2 17.5 24.3 27.7 15.0 24.2 9,789
31.0 23.3 16.8 28.9 24.2 15.1 29.7 1,890
19.0 29.5 18.5 32.9 30.7 16.5 33.7 2,791
40.9 23.5 15.8 19.7 25.6 13.5 20.0 12,576
31.1 15.7 21.0 32.1 15.6 19.2 34.1 969
61.1 10.7 6.1 22.2 11.7 5.4 21.8 178
34.1 24.5 18.4 23.1 24.3 17.4 24.2 3,820
34.5 22.7 18.3 24.6 26.7 14.1 24.8 5,937
35.6 27.3 7.1 30.0 31.1 6.1 27.2 175
47.4 19.3 11.9 21.5 18.5 11.4 22.8 160
49.7 26.3 9.6 14.4 27.5 8.5 14.3 3,285
60.4 14.7 5.6 19.3 15.3 4.9 19.4 40
40.2 26.3 12.3 21.2 32.8 10.2 16.8 41
14.1 48.7 20.1 17.2 49.1 19.5 17.4 684
16.7 46.7 19.6 17.0 57.9 12.5 12.9 79
37.0 24.6 16.3 22.1 26.5 14.0 22.5 15,367
170 * HIV/AIDS and Other STIs