Tanzania HIV/AIDS and Malaria Indicator Survey ... - Measure DHS

Figure 7.2 Prior HIV Testing by Education5250474440302830322019 1910060 Percent Women MenNo education Primary incomplete Primary complete Secondary+EducationTHMIS 2007-08In the 2007-08 THMIS, women age 15-49 who gave birth in the two years preceding thesurvey were asked if they received HIV counselling and were offered HIV testing during antenatalcare for their most recent birth and if so, whether they received their test results. Survey results showthat 43 percent of women were counselled for HIV during antenatal care. The same percentage wereoffered and accepted an HIV test and received their test results, while 6 percent accepted an HIV testbut did not receive their test results (Table 7.6). Overall, 30 percent of women who gave birth in thetwo years before the survey were counselled about HIV during antenatal care, were offered andaccepted an HIV test, and received the results of that test.Women in urban areas were more than twice as likely as women in rural areas to have beencounselled, tested, and given their HIV results during antenatal care. HIV counselling and testingduring antenatal care visits varies by education and wealth. Mothers with secondary and highereducation are more than three times as likely as those with no education to have been counselled,tested, and given their results (59 and 18 percent, respectively). Differences by wealth quintile aresimilar.HIV/AIDS-Related Behaviour | 85