Zambia Demographic and Health Survey 2001-2002 - Measure DHS

The view that HIV status of a family member should be kept secret is slightly more widespread inurban areas than in rural ones. However, on the other three questions related to stigma, views reflectingmore anti-AIDS stigma are more widespread in rural areas.Less than 10 percent of both women and men are not willing to care for a relative with AIDS attheir own home. This proportion decreases with increasing age and increasing level of completed education.This proportion is higher in rural than urban areas.Almost two thirds of women and three in five men believe that a worker who is sick with AIDSshould not be allowed to keep working. Almost as many respondents (61 percent of women and 53 percentof men) say they would not buy vegetables from an HIV-positive food seller or shopkeeper.It seems that there is considerable resistance in Zambia to teaching youth about condom use, withmore than one-third of respondents not approving. The proportion of women who believe children 12-14years old should not be taught to use condoms is slightly higher (39 percent) than that of men (32 percent).There is no association between openness to teaching pre-adolescents about condom use and respondents’level of education.13.4.3 Discussions of Condoms in the MediaWomen and men were asked whether they think it is acceptable for condoms to be discussed inthe media. Table 13.7 shows the percentage of women and men who have heard of AIDS and who thinkthat discussion of condoms in the media is acceptable by media type and background characteristics.Over 80 percent of both women and men think it is acceptable for condoms to be discussed in the media.Men are slightly more likely than women to consider such discussion in the media acceptable. Olderwomen are less likely to consider condom discussion acceptable, although this is not true of older men.By province, such discussion is considered least acceptable by women in Northern province and men inCentral province, while both women and men in Western province are the most likely to consider it acceptable.Condom discussion in the media is more acceptable to respondents with higher education.“Trendsetters” is a newspaper designed to increase knowledge and awareness of young peopleconcerning HIV/AIDS and STIs. Table 13.8 shows that 11 percent of women and 17 percent of men reportedthat they had ever seen “Trendsetters” newspaper. Women and men age 20-24 report having seen“Trendsetters” newspaper more than those in other age groups. “Trendsetters” newspaper is most widelyknown in Lusaka and Copperbelt provinces, and least popular in Eastern province. Respondents withmore than secondary education are more likely to report having seen “Trendsetters” newspaper (57 percentfor females and 51 percent for males) and those with no education the least likely (1 percent for femalesand 3 percent for males).AIDS/HIV/STI-Related Knowledge and Behaviour | 203