Zambia Demographic and Health Survey 2001-2002 - Measure DHS

Table 13.8 Knowledge of “Trendsetters” newspaperPercentage of women and men who have seen the newspaper called “Trendsetters,”by background characteristics, Zambia 2001-2002––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––WomenMenBackground –––––––––––––––––––––– ––––––––––––––––––––––characteristic Percentage Number Percentage Number––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Age15-19 11.9 1,811 12.6 45920-24 13.5 1,664 22.1 34625-29 12.2 1,376 19.0 36130-34 11.2 972 16.6 28135-39 7.2 766 18.8 24140-44 6.7 601 19.0 17445-49 5.9 467 16.8 11350-54 na na 16.5 10055-59 na na 6.7 71ResidenceUrban 20.9 3,073 30.7 851Rural 4.3 4,585 8.2 1,294ProvinceCentral 10.5 562 13.4 165Copperbelt 21.7 1,544 30.8 447Eastern 3.8 926 2.7 268Luapula 6.5 622 3.3 166Lusaka 20.1 1,132 36.4 314Northern 4.4 1,040 18.3 292North-Western 5.3 354 8.4 93Southern 6.2 814 3.9 232Western 4.0 663 6.4 169EducationNo education 1.1 925 2.8 108Primary 5.0 4,439 7.8 1,100Secondary 23.0 2,061 26.5 808Higher 57.4 234 50.7 129Total 11.0 7,658 17.2 2,14513.5 TESTING FOR HIVRespondents were asked whether they had been tested for HIV and, if not, whether they wouldlike to be tested. Those who were tested for HIV in the past were further asked about the source of theirtesting.Table 13.9.1 shows that only 9 percent of women have been tested for the AIDS virus. Womenin urban areas are more likely to have been tested (14 percent) than rural women (6 percent). Womenwho have never been married and those who have never had sex are less likely to have been tested thanthose who have ever been married and those who have never married but have had sex, respectively.Nevertheless, it is surprising that 5 percent of women who have never had sex report that they have hadan HIV test. Furthermore, the percentage of women who have been tested increases with increasing levelof education.AIDS/HIV/STI-Related Knowledge and Behaviour | 205