Zambia Demographic and Health Survey 2001-2002 - Measure DHS

AIDS in their own household; whether a worker who is sick with AIDS should be allowed to keep working;and whether they would buy vegetables from an HIV-positive shopkeeper or food seller. Respondentswere also asked whether they thought children age 12-14 years should be taught about using a condomto avoid AIDS. It is proposed that, as a public health intervention, children should be introduced toAIDS prevention messages before they reach an age at which sexual activity typically begins.Table 13.6 shows that two in five women and about one in three men believe that the HIV positivestatus of a family member should be kept a secret. This sentiment does not vary much with age,marital status, and level of education.Table 13.6 Social aspects of HIV/AIDSAmong women and men who have heard of AIDS, percentage who gave specific responses to questions on social aspects of HIV/AIDS, bybackground characteristics, Zambia 2001-2002––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––WomenMen–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Believes HIV Not willing Believes Would not Believes Believes HIV Not willing Believes Would not Believespositive to care worker sick buy vege- children positive to care worker sick buy vege- childrenstatus of a for with AIDS tables from should not status of a for with AIDS tables from should notfamily member relative should not a shop- be taught Number family member relative should not a shop- be taught NumberBackground should be with AIDS be allowed keeper to use of should be with AIDS be allowed keeper to use ofcharacteristic kept secret at home to work with HIV condoms women kept secret at home to work with HIV condoms men–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Age15-19 41.9 12.7 71.1 64.8 38.9 1,783 34.0 16.0 67.0 57.1 36.8 43420-24 39.5 8.2 62.3 59.7 36.8 1,655 33.1 7.4 56.2 47.4 28.9 34425-29 39.3 7.3 61.2 60.8 38.8 1,370 30.4 7.4 58.7 52.6 28.3 36130-39 36.9 5.4 62.0 59.1 39.4 1,735 28.6 7.7 55.5 50.0 28.2 52240-49 36.3 6.3 64.9 61.2 42.7 1,061 24.6 8.3 59.0 52.9 31.7 28750-59 na na na na na na 24.0 12.4 73.9 57.9 43.2 169Marital statusNever married 40.6 10.2 62.5 58.2 37.9 1,868 33.9 12.2 57.7 50.7 35.5 756Ever had sex 41.2 9.3 61.7 57.6 33.2 978 32.4 11.6 54.3 49.0 32.5 569Never had sex 40.0 11.3 63.4 58.8 43.0 890 38.5 14.0 68.0 55.7 44.8 187Married orliving together 38.2 8.1 65.5 62.9 39.6 4,674 26.7 7.9 61.4 53.3 30.0 1,244Divorced/separated/widowed 39.4 4.9 63.2 58.7 38.7 1,061 36.0 13.9 68.3 56.1 26.6 116ResidenceUrban 41.0 5.4 57.5 53.5 43.9 3,068 31.9 6.6 44.9 42.2 30.8 849Rural 37.6 10.0 69.1 66.4 35.8 4,535 28.4 11.9 70.9 59.4 32.4 1,267ProvinceCentral 33.9 7.8 70.0 67.9 42.2 561 33.5 7.3 43.3 41.1 34.2 165Copperbelt 49.1 6.8 67.3 57.5 46.9 1,539 30.0 4.9 49.4 46.0 34.2 441Eastern 45.9 3.3 56.7 53.2 32.4 921 40.7 4.3 69.2 41.9 28.1 265Luapula 32.0 14.6 82.5 62.2 46.6 618 20.1 22.9 81.6 59.8 34.6 164Lusaka 31.9 3.6 51.6 52.1 42.5 1,132 28.5 8.4 39.7 39.3 27.6 314Northern 40.7 8.7 60.7 61.9 47.5 1,031 28.8 10.2 69.3 70.3 37.8 288North-Western 27.0 12.8 59.4 73.8 32.1 352 14.8 19.0 73.0 65.0 19.0 93Southern 40.5 11.0 71.7 69.3 32.1 809 32.1 18.4 77.0 57.7 39.8 222Western 30.0 14.0 68.9 72.2 12.7 640 27.5 5.9 66.7 71.2 19.6 164EducationNo education 35.7 12.3 68.5 67.6 37.3 906 32.2 16.9 73.9 64.2 28.0 100Primary 39.0 9.3 71.9 68.7 40.0 4,403 28.3 13.7 76.0 65.2 34.5 1,079Secondary 41.8 4.8 52.4 46.7 38.8 2,061 31.2 4.9 46.4 39.4 30.2 808Higher 26.5 0.7 14.7 22.9 31.2 234 32.1 1.5 8.2 19.3 21.7 129Total 39.0 8.2 64.4 61.2 39.1 7,603 29.8 9.8 60.5 52.5 31.8 2,116na = Not applicable202 | AIDS/HIV/STI-Related Knowledge and Behaviour