Zambia Demographic and Health Survey 2001-2002 - Measure DHS

Table 13.20 Knowledge of source for male condoms, and access to condomsPercentage of women and men who know a source for male condoms, and percentage whothink they themselves could get a male condom, by background characteristics, Zambia2001-2002–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––WomenMen––––––––––––––––––––––––––– –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Knows Could Knows Coulda source get Number a source get NumberBackground for male a male of for male a male ofcharacteristic condoms condom women condoms condom men––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Age15-19 67.2 33.2 1,811 70.1 57.3 45920-24 83.4 54.5 1,664 90.1 84.1 34625-29 84.7 56.3 1,376 92.8 87.0 36130-39 82.0 49.8 1,738 89.4 79.5 52340-49 69.4 30.3 1,069 84.4 69.1 28750-59 na na na 60.1 42.2 171Marital statusNever married 70.3 35.7 1,897 78.2 67.3 782Ever had sex 80.6 49.6 990 85.6 78.4 579Never had sex 59.0 20.4 907 56.9 35.6 202Married /living together 80.2 49.7 4,694 85.4 74.8 1,248Divorced/separated/widowed 78.9 43.5 1,067 88.8 80.9 116ResidenceUrban 84.1 52.5 3,073 89.8 79.4 851Rural 73.1 40.6 4,585 78.5 67.8 1,294ProvinceCentral 73.3 46.1 562 81.9 67.4 165Copperbelt 83.8 51.5 1,544 88.3 78.9 447Eastern 77.0 46.4 926 84.8 73.4 268Luapula 71.2 36.3 622 75.1 56.9 166Lusaka 82.8 55.8 1,132 89.1 79.1 314Northern 67.2 30.1 1,040 78.6 66.4 292North-Western 83.8 53.1 354 91.2 84.0 93Southern 80.9 46.1 814 86.8 79.0 232Western 72.9 38.3 663 61.1 56.1 169EducationNo education 57.7 29.5 925 63.4 58.0 108Primary 75.3 41.6 4,439 75.5 65.6 1,100Secondary 89.1 57.2 2,061 93.6 81.7 808Higher 97.1 74.2 234 97.0 84.5 129Total 77.5 45.4 7,658 83.0 72.4 2,145––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––na = Not applicableTable 13.21 shows the percentage of women and men who used a condom during last sexual intercourse,among those who had sexual intercourse in the past year, by type of partner. Overall, condomuse is low (12 percent among women and 19 percent among men); however, there is a wide gap betweencondom use with a spouse/cohabiting partner and with a non-cohabiting partner. One-third of women and44 percent of men report that a condom was used the last time they had sex with a non-cohabiting partner.222 | AIDS/HIV/STI-Related Knowledge and Behaviour