Zambia Demographic and Health Survey 2001-2002 - Measure DHS

Similarly, among men, use of condoms is the most commonly mentioned method to avoid HIV infection(62 percent), followed by abstinence (53 percent) and faithfulness/limiting number of partners (33 percent).Table 13.1 Knowledge of HIV/AIDSPercentage of women and men who have heard of HIV/AIDS and percentage who believe there is a wayto avoid HIV/AIDS, by background characteristics, Zambia 2001-2002–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––WomenMen––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Has Believes Has Believesheard there is a way Number heard there is a way NumberBackground of HIV/ to avoid of of HIV/ to avoid ofcharacteristic AIDS HIV/AIDS women AIDS HIV/AIDS men–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Age15-19 98.4 79.6 1,811 94.7 86.6 45920-24 99.4 87.3 1,664 99.4 92.4 34625-29 99.6 87.8 1,376 100.0 94.9 36130-39 99.8 88.6 1,738 99.8 95.8 52340-49 99.3 83.2 1,069 100.0 94.7 28750-59 na na na 99.0 90.4 171Marital statusNever married 98.4 82.7 1,897 96.8 89.6 782Ever had sex 98.7 85.6 990 98.2 91.6 579Never had sex 98.1 79.6 907 92.5 83.9 202Married or living together 99.6 86.2 4,694 99.7 94.6 1,248Divorced/separated/widowed 99.5 86.0 1,067 100.0 89.8 116ResidenceUrban 99.9 92.8 3,073 99.7 94.6 851Rural 98.9 80.3 4,585 98.0 91.2 1,294ProvinceCentral 99.8 76.5 562 99.6 97.1 165Copperbelt 99.7 92.5 1,544 98.9 92.9 447Eastern 99.4 85.8 926 98.8 92.2 268Luapula 99.4 90.3 622 98.9 96.1 166Lusaka 100.0 92.3 1,132 100.0 95.4 314Northern 99.1 89.8 1,040 98.8 92.0 292North-Western 99.3 91.0 354 99.6 93.7 93Southern 99.4 76.5 814 95.6 84.9 232Western 96.5 59.4 663 97.5 89.8 169EducationNo education 98.0 70.6 925 92.6 77.6 108Primary 99.2 83.0 4,439 98.1 89.9 1,100Secondary 100.0 95.2 2,061 100.0 97.0 808Higher 100.0 99.3 234 100.0 100.0 129Total 99.3 85.3 7,658 98.6 92.5 2,145–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––na = Not applicable196 | AIDS/HIV/STI-Related Knowledge and Behaviour