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Figure 7.3c Women and men aged 15-64 years who had heard of <strong>AIDS</strong> and correctlyanswered questions on HIV transmission, <strong>Kenya</strong> <strong>2007</strong>.Can people get the <strong>AIDS</strong> virus because ofwitchcraft or other supernatural means?Can people reduce their chance of getting the<strong>AIDS</strong> virus by having just one uninfected sexpartner who has sexual intercourse with noother partners?Is it possible for a healthy-looking person tohave the <strong>AIDS</strong> virus?90.393.489.893.387.492.0Can people reduce their chance of getting the<strong>AIDS</strong> virus by not having sexual intercourseat all?83.791.1Can people get the <strong>AIDS</strong> virus by sharingutensils with a person who has <strong>AIDS</strong>?84.584.1Can people reduce their chance of getting the<strong>AIDS</strong> virus by using a condom every timethey have sex?69.275.7Can people get the <strong>AIDS</strong> virus from mosquitoor other insect bites?68.873.7If a woman has the virus that causes <strong>AIDS</strong>,does her sexual partner always have the<strong>AIDS</strong> virus, almost always, or onlysometimes?If a man has the virus that causes <strong>AIDS</strong>, doeshis sexual partner always have the <strong>AIDS</strong>virus, almost always, or only sometimes?31.233.031.432.5WomenMen0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 60 65 70 75 80 85 90 95 100Percent (%)Figure 7.3c Knowledge about HIV/<strong>AIDS</strong> transmission varied significantly by the13 specific knowledge question asked. Almost all adults correctly answered that nothaving sex can reduce the chances of acquiring HIV and some adults knew that asexual partner of a HIV‐infected woman or man does not always have the virus.Of all respondents, 89.8% of women and 93.3% of men correctly reported that one could reduce therisk of acquiring HIV by having one uninfected partner who does not have sex with others. Mostwomen and men understood that a healthy‐looking person could have HIV infection (87.4% and 92.0%,respectively) and that abstaining from sex was one way to reduce chances of acquiring HIV (83.7% and91.1%, respectively). A lower percentage of women and men were aware that consistent condom usewas a way to reduce the risk of HIV infection (69.2% and 75.7%, respectively).Several questions were asked for the first time in the <strong>2007</strong> <strong>KAIS</strong> that were not asked in the 2003 KDHS.For the two new questions that asked about the possibility of HIV discordance between sexualpartners 1 , the percent responding correctly was low. Among women and men, the percent respondingcorrectly that a sexual partner of an HIV‐infected person is only sometimes HIV‐infected ranged from31.2% to 33.0%; most women and men believed that a sexual partner of an HIV‐infected person isalways or almost always infected.1 Two new questions were: 1) “If a man has the virus that casuses AIDs, does his sexual partner always have the <strong>AIDS</strong> virus, almostalways, or only sometimes?”; 2) If a woman has the virus that causes <strong>AIDS</strong>, does her sexual parter always have the <strong>AIDS</strong> virus, almostalways, or only sometimes?”<strong>KAIS</strong> <strong>2007</strong> 120

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