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Zambia Demographic and Health Survey 2001-2002 - Measure DHS

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Knowledge of HIV prevention methods is strongly related to education level. Among women,30 percent of those without education do not know any programmatically important way of avoidingHIV/AIDS, compared with 1 percent of those with more than secondary education. The pattern for menis similar to that of women.13.3 KNOWLEDGE OF HIV/AIDS TRANSMISSION AND ITS EFFECTSTable 13.4 shows responses to prompted questions on knowledge about other important issues relatedto HIV/AIDS. The data show that 77 percent of women <strong>and</strong> 79 percent of men know that a healthylookingperson can have AIDS. Among both women <strong>and</strong> men, age is related to knowledge. The percentageof women who say that a healthy-looking person can have the AIDS virus generally increases withage. Women <strong>and</strong> men 15-19 are less likely to know that a healthy-looking person can have the AIDS virusthan respondents in other age groups.The percentage of both women <strong>and</strong> men who know that a healthy-looking can person can haveHIV/AIDS is higher in urban than rural areas, <strong>and</strong> higher among the more educated than the less educated.Among the provinces, Lusaka province has the largest proportion of women with this knowledge,while Central province has the largest proportion of men with this knowledge.In the <strong>2001</strong>-<strong>2002</strong> Z<strong>DHS</strong>, respondents were asked whether they know that HIV can be transmittedfrom mother to child during delivery, pregnancy <strong>and</strong> breastfeeding. In all, 65 percent of women <strong>and</strong> 64percent of men know that HIV can be transmitted during delivery, 79 percent of women <strong>and</strong> 78 percent ofmen know that it can be transmitted during pregnancy <strong>and</strong> 71 percent of women <strong>and</strong> 65 percent of menknow that it can be transmitted through breastfeeding.Those proportions vary little by background characteristics. Education level <strong>and</strong> residence appearto influence levels of knowledge about mother-to-child transmission. Men <strong>and</strong> women with education, aswell as women in urban areas are more knowledgeable about the transmission of HIV/AIDS from motherto child through breastfeeding, during pregnancy <strong>and</strong> delivery. However, men in Lusaka province werethe least knowledgeable about mother-to-child transmission.A comparison of the provinces shows that the highest proportion of respondents who know thatHIV/AIDS can be transmitted through breastfeeding, during delivery <strong>and</strong> pregnancy is in North-Westernprovince for women <strong>and</strong> Northern province for men.AIDS/HIV/STI-Related Knowledge <strong>and</strong> Behaviour | 199

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