Zambia Demographic and Health Survey 2001-2002 - Measure DHS

Table 13.9.2 Testing for the AIDS virus: menPercent distribution of all men by whether tested for the AIDS virus and desire to be tested, and percent distribution of men who havebeen tested by source of testing, and percentage of men who have not been tested who know a source for the test, according to backgroundcharacteristics, Zambia 2001-2002–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Not tested forAmong those tested,the AIDS virus source of testing Among––––––––––––––––––––––– –––––––––––––––––––––––––––– those not Num-Tested Do not Number tested ber offor the Want want Don't Number of know a menBackground AIDS to be to be know/ of Private men source for notcharacteristic virus tested tested1missing Total men Public medical Other Missing Total tested2the test tested––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Age15-19 5.6 67.4 20.2 6.8 100.0 459 * * * * 100.0 26 55.2 40820-24 9.4 72.1 16.8 1.7 100.0 346 (52.5) (23.4) (24.1) (0.0) 100.0 33 70.3 31125-29 17.0 62.6 19.4 1.0 100.0 361 63.1 18.2 17.3 1.5 100.0 61 75.5 29930-39 17.6 61.2 18.7 2.5 100.0 523 65.3 21.1 13.6 0.0 100.0 92 75.9 43040-49 17.9 59.9 20.9 1.2 100.0 287 65.4 14.1 18.8 1.7 100.0 51 70.5 23550-59 19.0 60.3 17.5 3.2 100.0 171 (71.5) (21.3) (4.4) (2.7) 100.0 32 67.1 136Marital statusNever married 8.3 67.5 19.7 4.5 100.0 782 57.3 14.0 25.7 3.0 100.0 65 63.3 691Ever had sex 9.9 69.6 18.3 2.2 100.0 579 55.0 15.8 25.8 3.4 100.0 57 67.5 512Never had sex 3.8 61.5 23.7 11.0 100.0 202 * * * * 100.0 8 51.4 179Married/living together 17.2 61.5 19.4 2.0 100.0 1,248 66.1 18.7 14.4 0.8 100.0 215 73.7 1,029Divorced/separated/widowed 13.4 72.9 11.0 2.7 100.0 116 * * * * 100.0 16 57.7 100ResidenceUrban 16.9 58.2 22.8 2.0 100.0 851 65.3 29.4 5.3 0.0 100.0 144 77.4 704Rural 11.7 68.3 16.5 3.5 100.0 1,294 61.5 8.6 26.8 3.1 100.0 151 63.5 1,116ProvinceCentral 8.3 66.7 23.2 1.8 100.0 165 * * * * 100.0 14 67.5 151Copperbelt 12.4 61.3 24.1 2.3 100.0 447 (51.5) (42.4) (6.1) (0.0) 100.0 55 77.0 386Eastern 18.0 56.6 22.3 3.1 100.0 268 (39.1) (6.5) (52.2) (2.2) 100.0 48 57.5 217Luapula 13.8 66.3 18.2 1.7 100.0 166 (76.0) (4.0) (12.0) (8.0) 100.0 23 71.4 141Lusaka 22.2 54.4 20.9 2.5 100.0 314 69.8 26.4 3.8 0.0 100.0 70 73.1 244Northern 19.6 67.6 10.4 2.4 100.0 292 78.1 9.4 9.4 3.1 100.0 57 77.2 231North-Western 8.4 69.7 20.6 1.3 100.0 93 * * * * 100.0 8 65.4 85Southern 2.9 79.0 13.2 4.9 100.0 232 * * * * 100.0 7 67.4 215Western 8.3 69.4 15.9 6.4 100.0 169 * * * * 100.0 14 47.9 150EducationNo education 7.6 58.4 24.5 9.6 100.0 108 * * * * 100.0 8 46.0 92Primary 11.0 71.1 15.1 2.8 100.0 1,100 69.1 12.6 14.4 3.9 100.0 121 59.7 958Secondary 16.3 60.2 21.3 2.2 100.0 808 61.9 21.7 16.3 0.0 100.0 132 81.9 676Higher 26.9 36.7 33.3 3.1 100.0 129 (52.5) (33.2) (14.3) (0.0) 100.0 35 90.6 94Total 13.8 64.3 19.0 2.9 100.0 2,145 63.4 18.7 16.3 1.6 100.0 295 68.9 1,820–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Note: Figures in parentheses are based on 25-49 unweighted cases. An asterisk indicates that a figure is based on fewer than 25 unweighted cases andhas been suppressed.na = Not available1Includes those who have not heard of AIDS2Excludes men who have not heard of AIDS13.6 MEN’S ATTITUDES TOWARD CONDOMSIn the 2001-2002 ZDHS, men were asked whether they agree or disagree with certain statementsregarding condoms. Table 13.10 shows that 52 percent of men feel that condoms decrease a man’s sexualpleasure, 41 percent are of the view that condoms are inconvenient to use, and 6 percent think a condomcan be reused. The data further show that 77 percent of men feel that condoms are effective in preventingHIV and other diseases, 36 percent believe that a woman has no right to tell a man to use a condom and84 percent feel that condoms are effective in preventing pregnancy.208 | AIDS/HIV/STI-Related Knowledge and Behaviour