Zambia Demographic and Health Survey 2001-2002 - Measure DHS

Figure 13.1 Unmet Need for HIV Testing by Education LevelTotal6964No educationPrimary58677271Secondary6460Higher3747PercentWomenMenZDHS 2001-2002Among women who have been tested, the public sector is the most common source for HIV testingwhere 66 percent of women got tested. This pattern is similar across all marital status categories,residence and level of education. However, for women with higher education and those in the North-Western province, the proportions who got tested in public and private medical institution are close.Three of five women who have not been tested say they know a place where they could get tested.Table 13.9.2 shows that 14 percent of male respondents have been tested for HIV, 64 percentwould like to be tested and 19 percent would not like to be tested. The more educated men, those in urbanareas, particularly in Lusaka, and men who are married or living with a woman are more likely to havebeen tested for HIV. There are no major variations in the proportions of men who would like to be tested,by age, marital status and residence. However, Southern province has the highest level of men who havenot yet been tested but say they would like to be. The proportion of men who want to be but have not yetbeen tested is higher for men with primary education than for those with no education, but drops with increasinglevel of education (Figure 13.1).Among men who have been tested, almost two in three were tested in public institutions and onein five in private medical institutions.Almost 70 percent of men not tested know a source for testing. Knowledge of a source for testingincreases with increasing level of education.AIDS/HIV/STI-Related Knowledge and Behaviour | 207