Tanzania HIV/AIDS and Malaria Indicator Survey ... - Measure DHS
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Table 5.3.2 Comprehensive knowledge about <strong>AIDS</strong>: MenPercentage of men age 15-49 who say that a healthy-looking person can have the <strong>AIDS</strong> virus <strong>and</strong> who, in response to prompted questions,correctly reject local misconceptions about <strong>AIDS</strong> transmission or prevention, <strong>and</strong> the percentage with a comprehensive knowledge about<strong>AIDS</strong>, by background characteristics, <strong>Tanzania</strong> HMIS 2007-08Percentage of men who say that:A healthylookingpersoncan have the<strong>AIDS</strong> virus<strong>AIDS</strong>cannot betransmittedby mosquitobites<strong>AIDS</strong>cannot betransmittedbysupernaturalmeansA personcannotbecomeinfected bysharing foodwith a personwho has <strong>AIDS</strong>Percentage who saythat a healthylookingperson canhave the <strong>AIDS</strong> virus<strong>and</strong> who reject thetwo mostcommon localmisconceptions 1Percentagewith acomprehensiveBackgroundknowledge Number of2characteristicabout <strong>AIDS</strong> menAge15-24 81.8 77.5 88.7 80.8 58.5 41.5 2,91615-19 79.4 78.7 88.5 79.5 58.2 38.8 1,76820-24 85.4 75.5 89.1 82.8 59.0 45.7 1,14825-29 87.3 72.1 88.7 84.5 59.6 46.2 1,00430-39 88.9 71.5 89.1 83.9 59.3 48.7 1,84640-49 88.7 65.7 89.2 82.8 56.1 42.9 1,210Marital statusNever married 81.9 77.7 88.3 81.9 59.7 42.2 2,931Ever had sex 85.0 76.4 89.5 84.0 60.3 48.9 1,525Never had sex 78.5 79.1 87.0 79.7 59.1 35.0 1,406Married/living together 88.5 70.4 89.4 83.3 58.4 46.6 3,701Divorced/separated/widowed 86.5 61.6 88.1 79.1 48.3 37.7 343ResidenceUrban 94.3 79.6 91.4 90.1 71.0 52.5 1,699Rural 82.8 71.0 88.1 80.1 54.4 41.7 5,276Mainl<strong>and</strong>/ZanzibarMainl<strong>and</strong> 85.5 72.9 89.0 82.4 58.3 44.8 6,763Mainl<strong>and</strong> – Urban 94.5 79.5 91.7 90.1 71.0 53.4 1,628Dar es Salaam City 96.2 81.3 88.9 91.9 74.1 51.8 548Other Urban 93.6 78.6 93.0 89.2 69.5 54.3 1,079Mainl<strong>and</strong> – Rural 82.7 70.9 88.2 79.9 54.2 42.0 5,136Zanzibar 89.8 77.1 84.1 86.9 65.0 30.1 212Region/Isl<strong>and</strong>Arusha 84.3 72.2 86.9 82.7 61.1 52.6 262Dar es Salaam 96.0 80.9 88.2 90.9 73.4 51.2 580Dodoma 83.6 74.3 91.1 81.7 58.5 48.6 255Iringa 88.7 55.8 85.3 75.2 46.8 32.4 286Kagera 90.3 80.4 95.6 88.9 67.0 45.0 397Kigoma 79.6 83.7 93.3 90.3 64.6 57.2 292Kilimanjaro 92.5 73.3 91.6 78.4 58.5 38.8 271Lindi 93.1 80.4 95.0 92.2 73.9 67.3 164Manyara 81.9 70.4 86.3 75.4 55.9 50.4 203Mara 89.8 68.4 91.5 84.1 57.3 44.0 243Mbeya 83.9 75.3 88.7 81.3 58.3 44.7 496Morogoro 85.8 66.4 87.5 83.3 51.8 42.2 340Mtwara 88.4 79.1 93.4 79.6 65.5 54.2 209Mwanza 83.4 78.9 88.8 80.7 60.8 43.7 608Pwani 88.7 64.4 88.4 89.6 54.8 48.9 119Rukwa 83.7 75.6 91.8 84.0 58.2 44.4 264Ruvuma 83.5 64.6 84.6 84.5 49.3 35.7 287Shinyanga 80.0 64.3 83.3 77.5 49.0 34.6 633Singida 76.7 69.6 92.7 82.8 53.0 44.0 153Tabora 76.7 74.2 85.0 79.7 52.0 45.6 404Tanga 87.4 68.9 92.9 71.7 51.1 37.9 298Pemba 88.6 74.6 82.8 84.1 61.7 26.3 63Unguja 90.4 78.1 84.7 88.1 66.4 31.8 148ZoneWestern 78.9 71.6 86.0 81.0 53.3 42.9 1,328Northern 86.9 71.2 89.8 77.0 56.5 44.3 1,034Central 81.1 72.5 91.7 82.1 56.4 46.9 408Southern Highl<strong>and</strong>s 85.2 70.0 88.6 80.3 55.1 41.3 1,046Lake 86.8 77.3 91.5 84.0 62.1 44.2 1,249Eastern 91.8 74.3 88.0 88.3 64.2 48.0 1,038Southern 87.4 73.1 90.0 84.9 60.5 49.4 660Zanzibar 89.8 77.1 84.1 86.9 65.0 30.1 212EducationNo education 72.4 57.2 78.8 66.3 36.7 25.5 829Primary incomplete 78.9 68.8 84.2 75.1 47.9 33.6 1,534Primary complete 88.6 73.9 91.5 86.2 61.0 48.4 3,597Secondary + 96.3 89.6 94.8 94.0 83.1 61.4 1,016Wealth quintileLowest 72.7 63.9 82.4 71.5 42.4 32.0 1,173Second 83.3 68.5 87.9 78.6 52.3 41.0 1,411Middle 84.4 72.3 91.2 83.5 55.9 42.2 1,322Fourth 89.3 76.9 89.2 84.4 62.5 47.8 1,395Highest 94.7 80.8 92.1 91.3 73.6 54.4 1,670Total 85.6 73.1 88.9 82.5 58.5 44.3 6,9751Two most common local misconceptions: <strong>AIDS</strong> can be transmitted by mosquito bites, <strong>and</strong> <strong>AIDS</strong> can be transmitted by supernatural means2Comprehensive knowledge means knowing that consistent use of condoms during sexual intercourse <strong>and</strong> having just one uninfectedfaithful partner can reduce the chances of getting the <strong>AIDS</strong> virus, knowing that a healthy-looking person can have the <strong>AIDS</strong> virus, <strong>and</strong>rejecting the two most common local misconceptions about <strong>AIDS</strong> transmission or prevention.56 | <strong>HIV</strong>/<strong>AIDS</strong>-Related Knowledge