HIV knowledge by sex and HIV status | |||||||||
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Variable | Total | Male | Female | HIV negative | HIV positive | ||||
(n) | (%) | n | (%) | n | (%) | n | (%) | ||
Total | 9, 461 | 3, 881 | (41) | 5, 575 | (59) | 8, 848 | (94) | 581 | (6) |
Ever heard about HIV? | |||||||||
Yes | 9, 236 | 3, 817 | (98) | 5, 419 | (97) | 8, 622 | (98) | 577 | (99) |
No | 213 | 64 | (2) | 149 | (3) | 209 | (2) | 4 | (1) |
Can correctly name 3 or modes of transmission | |||||||||
Yes | 3, 519 | 1, 958 | (50) | 1, 561 | (28) | 3, 272 | (37) | 234 | (40) |
No | 5, 942 | 1, 928 | (50) | 4, 014 | (72) | 5, 576 | (63) | 347 | (60) |
Know healthy looking people can have HIV? | |||||||||
Yes | 6, 527 | 2, 862 | (75) | 3, 665 | (68) | 6, 071 | (70) | 429 | (74) |
No | 2, 712 | 956 | (25) | 1, 756 | (32) | 2, 554 | (30) | 128 | (26) |
Know mosquito bites cannot spread AIDS | |||||||||
Yes | 5, 665 | 2, 508 | (66) | 3, 157 | (58) | 5, 316 | (62) | 331 | (57) |
No | 3, 574 | 1, 310 | (34) | 2, 264 | (42) | 3, 309 | (38) | 246 | (43) |
Know AIDS cannot be transmitted by sharing cups and plates | |||||||||
Yes | 6, 286 | 2, 719 | (71) | 3, 567 | (66) | 5, 874 | (68) | 397 | (69) |
No | 2, 953 | 1, 099 | (29) | 1, 854 | (34) | 2, 751 | (32) | 180 | (31) |
Know AIDS cannot be transmitted by kissing | |||||||||
Yes | 4, 607 | 2, 185 | (57) | 2, 422 | (45) | 4, 307 | (50) | 286 | (50) |
No | 4, 632 | 1, 633 | (43) | 2, 999 | (55) | 4, 318 | (50) | 291 | (50) |
HIV knowledge (composite indicator) | |||||||||
Good | 5, 403 | 2, 695 | (69) | 2, 708 | (49) | 5, 046 | (57) | 341 | (59) |
Fair | 3, 095 | 926 | (24) | 2, 169 | (39) | 2, 891 | (33) | 191 | (33) |
Poor | 963 | 265 | (7) | 698 | (13) | 911 | (10) | 91 | (8) |
ART knowledge by sex and HIV status | |||||||||
Total | 9, 641 | 3, 881 | (41) | 5, 575 | (59) | 8, 848 | (94) | 581 | (6) |
Know someone taking ART | |||||||||
Yes | 1, 471 | 655 | (17) | 816 | (15) | 1, 349 | (15) | 116 | (20) |
No | 7, 977 | 3, 225 | (83) | 4, 752 | (85) | 7, 481 | (85) | 465 | (80) |
Has correct knowledge of where ART is available locally | |||||||||
Yes | 2, 968 | 1, 437 | (37) | 1, 531 | (27) | 2, 731 | (31) | 228 | (39) |
No | 6, 493 | 2, 449 | (63) | 4, 044 | (73) | 6, 117 | (69) | 353 | (61) |
Knows ART can only slow down HIV, not stop it | |||||||||
Yes | 7, 060 | 3, 240 | (83) | 3, 820 | (69) | 6, 582 | (75) | 455 | (78) |
No | 2, 392 | 642 | (17) | 1, 750 | (31) | 2, 252 | (25) | 126 | (22) |
Does not think ART drugs are dangerous and can kill people | |||||||||
Yes | 3, 137 | 1, 503 | (39) | 1, 634 | (29) | 2, 922 | (33) | 204 | (35) |
No | 6, 315 | 2, 379 | (61) | 3, 936 | (71) | 5, 912 | (67) | 377 | (65) |
Knows ART drugs have to be useful for life | |||||||||
Yes | 4, 103 | 2, 082 | (54) | 2, 021 | (36) | 3, 810 | (43) | 278 | (48) |
No | 5, 346 | 1, 799 | (46) | 3, 547 | (64) | 5, 021 | (57) | 303 | (52) |
Knows ART drugs are available free of charge in Tanzania | |||||||||
Yes | 4, 146 | 1, 936 | (50) | 2, 210 | (40) | 3, 831 | (43) | 298 | (51) |
No | 5, 305 | 1, 946 | (50) | 3, 359 | (60) | 5, 002 | (57) | 283 | (49) |
Knows that not everyone who is infected needs ART | |||||||||
Yes | 731 | 261 | (7) | 470 | (8) | 681 | (8) | 48 | (8) |
No | 8, 715 | 3, 618 | (93) | 5, 097 | (92) | 8, 148 | (92) | 532 | (92) |
Knowledge of ART (composite indicator) | |||||||||
Good | 1, 198 | 613 | (16) | 585 | (10) | 1, 089 | (12) | 103 | (18) |
Fair | 5, 241 | 2, 361 | (61) | 2, 880 | (52) | 4, 900 | (55) | 325 | (56) |
Poor | 3, 022 | 912 | (23) | 2, 110 | (38) | 2, 859 | (32) | 153 | (26) |