Trends of HIV/AIDS knowledge and attitudes among Nigerian women between 2007 and 2017 using Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey data

Table 1 Descriptive statistics of HIV/AIDS knowledge among women 15-49 years in Nigeria using the Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys 2007, 2011, and 2016–2017

Knowledge questions – ‘Yes’ (%)^a	2007 (n = 17,733)	2011 (n = 26,532)	2017 (n = 23,530)
Can avoid AIDS by having one uninfected partner	81.7	80.5	84.5
Can get AIDS through supernatural means	64.2	68.2	73.1
Can avoid AIDS by using a condom correctly every time	56.8	60.8	71.1
Can get AIDS from mosquito bites	64.9	66.6	72.4
Can get AIDS by sharing food with person with AIDS virus	59.7	75.0	73.2
Healthy-looking person to have AIDS	75.7	68.7	82.2
AIDS from mother to child during pregnancy	92.5	66.9	83.0
AIDS from mother to child at delivery	72.1	68.0	83.6
AIDS from mother to child through breastmilk	78.0	78.7	93.1
AIDS virus prevented from unborn child	–	57.7	76.5
Can avoid AIDS by not having sex at all	71.9	–	–
Can get AIDS by injection with needle already used by someone	80.1	–	–

Abbreviations: HIV human immunodeficiency virus, AIDS acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
^aResponses to knowledge questions were dichotomous (“Yes” or “No”)

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