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Men between 15–29 years of age seem better informedabout HIV/AIDS transmission and prevention thenwomen of the same age. Among men, 87 percenthave heard of AIDS and 58 percent know two ways ofpreventing HIV transmission. Furthermore, 68 percentknow of having one faithful uninfected sex partnerand 65 percent know about using a condom every time,as two ways of preventing HIV transmission. As withwomen, knowledge on HIV/AIDS was higher amongurban, more educated men from higher wealth quintiles.The results for young women and men aged 15–24 areseparately presented in Table HA.2R and Table HA.2R.M.Table HA.1R.M: Knowledge about HIV transmission,misconceptions about HIV/AIDS, and comprehensiveknowledge about HIV transmission,Roma Settlements, 2010Percentage of men age 15–29 years who know the main ways ofpreventing HIV transmission, percentage who know that a healthylooking person can have the AIDS virus, percentage who rejectcommon misconceptions, and percentage who have comprehensiveknowledge about HIV transmissionTable HA.2R: Knowledge about HIV transmission,misconceptions about HIV/AIDS, and comprehensiveknowledge about HIV transmission among youngwomen, Roma Settlements, 2010Percentage of young women age 15–24 years who know the mainways of preventing HIV transmission, percentage who know that ahealthy looking person can have the AIDS virus, percentage whoreject common misconceptions, and percentage who havecomprehensive knowledge about HIV transmissionPercentagewho haveheard ofAIDSPercentage who know transmissioncan be prevented by:Having only one faithfuluninfected sex partnerUsing a condomevery timeAreaUrban 90.0 70.0 67.1Rural 80.5 62.1 58.9Age15–24 85.7 65.8 64.125–29 89.5 70.9 65.4Marital statusEver married/in union 86.0 66.7 63.6Never married/in union 88.4 68.7 66.0Men’s educationNone 65.1 30.8 38.6Primary 84.9 63.8 60.5Secondary 99.6 89.5 83.3Wealth index quintilesPoorest 75.9 46.1 41.6Second 82.3 59.9 62.0Middle 88.5 74.9 69.8Fourth 92.1 76.1 75.7Richest 97.2 82.6 75.7Total 87.0 67.5 64.5Percentagewho haveheard ofAIDSPercentage who know transmissioncan be prevented by:Having only one faithfuluninfected sex partnerUsing a condomevery timeAreaUrban 76.6 57.5 55.0Rural 63.8 46.3 47.9Age15–19 65.8 51.0 50.520–24 80.5 57.4 55.3Marital statusEver married/in union 70.4 51.7 48.8Never married/in union 76.5 58.3 60.7Women’s educationNone 39.7 25.7 20.4Primary 76.5 55.5 53.1Secondary 84.0 76.8 80.6Wealth index quintilesPoorest 47.7 29.8 30.3Second 72.3 45.5 43.1Middle 69.3 55.5 48.5Fourth 82.2 64.4 65.1Richest 92.0 76.0 78.7Total 72.4 53.9 52.71MICS indicator 9.2; MDG indicator 6.3198MULTIPLE INDICATOR CLUSTER SURVEY 2010