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Similar patterns are observed for men 15–29 years old(Table HA.1M). The level of knowledge is higher in urbanthan in rural areas, and among men with higher educationliving in households within richer quintiles.Table HA.1M: Knowledge about HIV transmission, misconceptions about HIV/AIDS,and comprehensive knowledge about HIV transmission, Serbia, 2010Percentage of men age 15–29 years who know the main ways of preventing HIV transmission, percentagewho know that a healthy looking person can have the AIDS virus, percentage who reject common misconceptions,and percentage who have comprehensive knowledge about HIV transmissionPercentagewho haveheard ofAIDSPercentage who knowtransmission can beprevented by:Having onlyone faithfuluninfectedsex partnerUsing acondomeverytimePercentageof menwho knowboth waysPercentagewho knowthat ahealthylookingperson canhave theAIDS virusPercentage who know that HIVcannot be transmitted by:MosquitobitesSupernaturalmeansSharingfood withsomeonewith AIDSPercentage whoreject the twomost commonmisconceptionsand know that ahealthy lookingperson can havethe AIDS virusPercentagewith comprehensiveknowledgeRegionBelgrade 99.9 93.7 95.5 91.0 88.0 79.3 95.7 84.1 66.5 64.5 319Vojvodina 99.8 82.1 95.0 80.1 80.4 72.8 91.8 70.8 49.7 42.6 408Sumadija andWestern Serbia98.5 91.2 89.3 85.6 80.8 69.8 92.0 67.0 48.9 45.6 448Southern andEastern Serbia99.8 97.2 97.2 94.8 67.3 75.3 88.6 79.4 49.6 46.9 408AreaUrban 99.7 92.6 95.6 90.2 80.8 75.9 94.3 79.2 58.3 54.9 908Rural 99.2 88.6 92.0 84.2 75.7 71.3 88.5 68.4 45.5 41.1 675Age15–24 99.2 90.5 94.0 87.4 78.1 72.5 90.8 73.2 50.8 47.6 97725–29 99.9 91.6 94.1 88.0 79.5 76.1 93.3 76.9 56.1 51.2 606Marital statusEver married/in union99.7 93.0 93.1 89.9 74.6 67.9 89.1 67.2 43.5 42.5 309Never married/in union99.4 90.4 94.3 87.1 79.6 75.4 92.4 76.4 55.1 50.6 1274Men’s educationPrimary 98.9 78.4 81.9 71.9 59.7 55.1 78.4 49.9 24.7 23.0 120Secondary 99.3 91.1 94.7 88.0 76.5 71.5 91.1 71.4 48.2 45.2 1032Higher 100.0 94.0 96.0 91.3 89.2 84.9 97.4 89.5 72.0 65.6 429Wealth index quintilesPoorest 99.3 79.9 85.3 73.4 66.9 66.1 83.5 59.0 36.2 29.3 235Second 99.5 94.2 94.3 90.8 76.9 66.1 88.9 65.8 43.6 40.9 326Middle 98.5 88.6 91.6 83.8 76.2 75.8 93.4 73.1 51.6 47.7 321Fourth 100.0 92.8 96.8 89.8 81.1 73.2 92.7 79.8 53.0 48.8 334Richest 100.0 95.4 99.0 95.3 87.7 84.7 97.4 89.0 72.5 70.0 367Total 99.5 90.9 94.0 87.6 78.6 73.9 91.8 74.6 52.8 49.0 1583Numberof men192MULTIPLE INDICATOR CLUSTER SURVEY 2010