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Figure 7.3e Overall scores for 12 questions on HIV transmission among women and menaged 15-64 years who had heard of <strong>AIDS</strong>, <strong>Kenya</strong> <strong>2007</strong>.WomenMen0 - 4 Correct4.7%0 - 4 Correct3.2%9 - 12 Correct54.4%5 - 8 Correct40.9%9 - 12 Correct58.1%5 - 8 Correct38.7%Figure 7.3e More than half of respondents correctly answered at least nine of 12knowledge questions on HIV.All 12 questions on HIV transmission were combined to get an overall score for each respondent. Totalscores were divided into three categories: 0‐4 questions (one third) correct, 5‐8 questions (two thirds)correct and 9‐12 questions (over two thirds) correct. Overall, more than half of adults (56.0%, data notshown) correctly answered nine or more of the knowledge questions. Women and men weresignificantly different in their scores: 54.4% percent of women answered nine or more questionscorrectly compared to 58.1% of men. Urban residents scored significantly higher than rural residents,with 64.0% of urban residents answering nine or more questions correctly compared to 53.5% of ruralresidents (data not shown).<strong>KAIS</strong> <strong>2007</strong> 122

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