Tanzania HIV/AIDS and Malaria Indicator Survey ... - Measure DHS
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more education) <strong>and</strong> those in the fourth <strong>and</strong> highest wealth quintiles, but it is lower among womenage 15-19, those who have never married, <strong>and</strong> those who never had sex.Urban-rural differentials exist between women <strong>and</strong> men especially in believing that the risk ofmother-to-child transmission can be reduced by the mother taking special drugs during pregnancy;among women, 70 percent of urban residents compared with 47 percent of rural residents are aware ofthese special drugs. Regional differences show that knowledge about mother-to-child transmission,especially the reduction of risk by the mother taking special drugs, is minimal in Manyara <strong>and</strong>Shinyanga.Table 5.4 Knowledge of prevention of mother-to-child transmission of <strong>HIV</strong>Percentage of women <strong>and</strong> men who know that <strong>HIV</strong> can be transmitted from mother to child by breastfeeding <strong>and</strong> that the risk of mother-tochildtransmission (MTCT) of <strong>HIV</strong> can be reduced by mother taking special drugs during pregnancy, by background characteristics, <strong>Tanzania</strong>HMIS 2007-08WomenMenBackgroundcharacteristic<strong>HIV</strong> can betransmitted bybreastfeedingRisk ofMTCT canbe reducedby mothertakingspecial drugsduringpregnancy<strong>HIV</strong> can betransmitted bybreastfeeding<strong>and</strong> risk ofMTCT can bereduced bymother takingspecial drugsduringpregnancyNumberofwomen<strong>HIV</strong> can betransmitted bybreastfeedingRisk ofMTCT canbe reducedby mothertakingspecialdrugsduringpregnancy<strong>HIV</strong> can betransmitted bybreastfeeding<strong>and</strong> risk ofMTCT can bereduced bymother takingspecial drugsduringpregnancyNumberof menAge15-24 77.7 49.9 46.3 3,730 72.3 39.1 33.8 2,91615-19 74.7 41.0 38.3 1,984 69.7 34.1 29.0 1,76820-24 81.1 60.0 55.4 1,746 76.3 46.7 41.1 1,14825-29 86.5 61.2 58.2 1,603 78.2 46.9 42.1 1,00430-39 83.4 55.7 52.5 2,521 74.2 50.4 42.6 1,84640-49 80.1 45.9 41.9 1,488 74.2 42.9 37.8 1,210Marital statusNever married 77.4 46.0 42.8 2,214 72.3 39.3 34.1 2,931Ever had sex 83.1 58.5 54.6 983 77.0 46.0 39.9 1,525Never had sex 72.8 35.9 33.5 1,231 67.2 31.9 27.8 1,406Married/living together 81.7 54.3 50.6 5,983 75.3 47.7 41.4 3,701Divorced/separated/widowed 85.6 58.0 55.1 1,147 74.4 42.2 34.6 343Pregnancy statusPregnant 80.2 53.7 51.5 872 na na na 0Not pregnant or not sure 81.3 52.7 49.1 8,456 na na na 0ResidenceUrban 89.5 70.2 66.1 2,459 80.6 51.4 45.1 1,699Rural 78.2 46.5 43.3 6,884 71.9 41.5 35.7 5,276Mainl<strong>and</strong>/ZanzibarMainl<strong>and</strong> 81.0 52.5 49.0 9,034 73.7 43.7 37.7 6,763Mainl<strong>and</strong> – Urban 89.5 70.1 66.0 2,353 80.6 51.2 44.9 1,628Dar es Salaam City 92.1 75.6 71.3 762 83.0 53.0 45.6 548Other Urban 88.3 67.5 63.5 1,591 79.3 50.3 44.5 1,079Mainl<strong>and</strong> – Rural 78.0 46.3 43.0 6,681 71.5 41.3 35.4 5,136Zanzibar 85.2 60.0 58.4 309 82.8 50.4 47.2 212Region/Isl<strong>and</strong>Arusha 70.2 48.6 46.2 383 78.7 54.0 49.9 262Dar es Salaam 91.8 75.8 71.2 797 82.5 53.9 46.0 580Dodoma 78.0 47.4 43.3 338 67.2 41.3 33.2 255Iringa 84.7 59.1 54.7 403 70.9 47.1 38.9 286Kagera 80.5 47.7 42.7 495 72.7 41.5 36.3 397Kigoma 82.1 57.8 55.7 414 77.3 53.6 47.9 292Kilimanjaro 98.4 69.2 68.3 379 89.0 50.8 48.1 271Lindi 92.6 53.2 51.7 246 89.5 45.9 45.9 164Manyara 70.3 33.9 32.8 263 65.2 22.6 20.5 203Mara 76.7 40.4 36.8 368 71.9 38.8 30.0 243Mbeya 78.3 60.5 53.1 581 67.2 56.0 44.1 496Morogoro 81.7 60.6 56.0 436 67.9 37.6 31.1 340Mtwara 85.7 52.4 49.5 324 79.4 47.4 44.4 209Mwanza 79.9 43.0 41.0 833 73.8 38.3 34.1 608Pwani 89.3 64.5 62.9 203 72.5 37.4 34.8 119Rukwa 64.3 37.8 31.7 314 67.9 43.2 35.0 264Ruvuma 86.0 53.6 48.9 372 79.3 51.8 45.3 287Shinyanga 65.6 28.6 25.0 750 60.6 22.7 19.4 633Singida 79.5 52.6 48.4 194 72.0 39.9 35.0 153Tabora 80.2 61.5 58.2 518 73.9 55.9 46.6 404Tanga 91.4 52.4 51.7 424 85.0 37.1 33.5 298Pemba 85.8 46.2 45.4 94 89.2 44.2 43.2 63Unguja 85.0 66.0 64.2 214 80.1 53.1 49.0 148Continued…58 | <strong>HIV</strong>/<strong>AIDS</strong>-Related Knowledge