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Table 4.3.2 Beliefs about <strong>AIDS</strong>: men<br />

Percentage of men age 15-49 who say that a healthy-looking person can have the <strong>AIDS</strong> virus <strong>and</strong> who, in response to prompted<br />

questions, correctly reject local misconceptions about <strong>AIDS</strong> transmission <strong>and</strong> prevention, <strong>and</strong> the percentage with comprehensive<br />

knowledge about <strong>AIDS</strong>, by background characteristics, <strong>Vietnam</strong> <strong>2005</strong><br />

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Percentage of men who say that:<br />

Percentage<br />

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– who reject two<br />

A person most common<br />

cannot become misconceptions Percentage<br />

A healthy- <strong>AIDS</strong> infected by <strong>and</strong> say that a with<br />

looking person cannot be sharing food healthy-looking comprehensive Number<br />

Background can have the transmitted by with someone person can have knowledge of<br />

characteristic <strong>AIDS</strong> virus mosquito bites with <strong>AIDS</strong> the <strong>AIDS</strong> virus 1 about <strong>AIDS</strong> 2 men<br />

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Age<br />

15-24 77.7 66.7 76.9 54.6 50.3 2,406<br />

15-19 76.5 66.6 74.8 53.5 48.1 1,472<br />

20-24 79.6 66.7 80.4 56.4 53.6 934<br />

25-29 81.6 64.2 79.1 54.6 51.9 902<br />

30-39 78.9 62.0 78.2 51.3 49.5 1,718<br />

40-49 80.5 64.9 79.3 54.4 52.7 1,680<br />

Education<br />

Never attended school 20.1 21.5 26.0 8.9 8.9 234<br />

Primary 59.3 40.7 57.5 25.2 22.9 1,215<br />

Secondary 85.0 69.3 83.6 58.7 55.5 4,599<br />

More than secondary 96.7 92.5 97.0 87.5 85.4 658<br />

Marital status<br />

Never married 80.3 69.2 79.7 57.9 53.6 2,618<br />

Ever had sex 87.2 76.2 90.5 66.0 63.0 204<br />

Never had sex 79.7 68.6 78.8 57.2 52.8 2,414<br />

Married/living together 78.8 62.0 77.4 51.2 49.3 4,025<br />

Divorced/separated/<br />

widowed 63.8 51.1 65.8 40.9 40.9 64<br />

Wealth quintile<br />

Lowest 50.8 42.8 53.0 26.9 24.6 1,261<br />

Second 77.4 59.2 75.1 47.3 42.5 1,275<br />

Middle 87.4 66.4 82.5 56.4 54.3 1,384<br />

Fourth 88.0 73.3 86.3 63.7 60.4 1,378<br />

Highest 89.8 79.2 91.2 71.3 69.4 1,410<br />

Residence<br />

Urban 87.8 77.2 89.6 68.3 65.7 1,378<br />

Rural 77.0 61.5 75.2 50.0 47.1 5,329<br />

Region<br />

North 79.6 62.5 74.8 52.2 49.3 2,455<br />

Central 83.6 69.5 78.9 61.1 57.0 1,735<br />

South 75.9 63.5 80.9 50.2 48.2 2,517<br />

Targeted provinces<br />

Ha Noi 91.3 81.3 91.9 74.0 71.2 218<br />

Ho Chi Minh City 81.8 67.5 82.2 56.2 56.0 427<br />

Hai Phong 90.4 67.7 87.7 59.8 58.2 141<br />

Quang Ninh 88.4 82.4 91.0 72.4 70.4 93<br />

Total 79.2 64.7 78.2 53.7 50.9 6,707<br />

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1 The two most common local misconceptions involve transmission by mosquito bites <strong>and</strong> by sharing food with someone with<br />

<strong>AIDS</strong>. Corresponds to UN<strong>AIDS</strong> Knowledge <strong>Indicator</strong> 2 “No incorrect beliefs about <strong>AIDS</strong>.”<br />

2 Respondents with a comprehensive knowledge say that use of condom during every sexual intercourse <strong>and</strong> having just one<br />

uninfected <strong>and</strong> faithful partner can reduce the chance of getting the <strong>AIDS</strong> virus; say that a healthy-looking person can have the<br />

<strong>AIDS</strong> virus; <strong>and</strong> reject the two most common local misconceptions.<br />

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