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Percentage ofmen who knowboth waysPercentage whoknow that ahealthy lookingperson can havethe AIDS virusPercentage who know that HIV cannot betransmitted by:MosquitobitesSupernaturalmeansSharing food withsomeone with AIDSPercentage who rejectthe two most commonmisconceptions and knowthat a healthy looking personcan have the AIDS virusPercentage withcomprehensiveknowledge 1Number ofmen age15–2459.1 60.4 35.7 64.7 31.7 14.7 12.5 39950.8 44.7 25.3 57.1 22.9 9.6 8.2 18954.1 55.0 36.1 64.4 25.3 12.5 10.4 29558.9 55.7 28.6 60.1 32.4 13.7 11.9 29355.4 52.6 29.5 60.9 27.7 11.8 10.6 27457.4 57.7 34.9 63.5 29.8 14.1 11.6 315(18.6) (39.3) (6.7) (34.2) (18.3) (.0) (.0) 3851.3 51.5 27.6 58.0 21.3 8.2 6.3 40079.8 68.5 50.2 79.9 50.3 27.2 25.5 14634.7 39.0 20.5 44.0 15.5 5.8 3.4 13048.7 50.5 27.4 57.9 22.8 6.7 5.6 12664.8 53.3 32.2 64.1 25.1 13.7 11.4 12168.7 69.9 39.9 68.4 39.7 20.1 18.0 11371.1 69.0 46.0 82.9 46.5 21.9 20.2 9856.5 55.3 32.4 62.3 28.8 13.1 11.1 588The level of comprehensive knowledge among menaged between 15–29 does not differ from the onerecorded among women. In total, 13 percent of menhave comprehensive knowledge.About half (55 percent) of women knew that HIVcan be transmitted from mother to child. Thepercentage of women who knew all three ways ofmother-to-child transmission is 47 percent, while17 percent of women did not know of any specificway. As expected, the percentage of women withknowledge of mother-to-child transmission of HIVincreases with the woman’s education level, age andliving standard.MONITORING THE SITUATION OF CHILDREN AND WOMEN 201