Palestinian Family Survey 2010 Final Report - Palestinian Central ...

PCBS: Palestinian Family Survey, 2010Table HA.1.: Knowledge about HIV transmission, misconceptions about HIV/AIDS, and comprehensive knowledge about HIV transmissionPercentage of women age 15-49 years who know the main ways of preventing HIV transmission, percentage who know that a healthy looking person can have the AIDS virus,percentage who reject common misconceptions, and percentage who have comprehensive knowledge about HIV transmission, State of Palestine, 2010NumberofwomenPercentagewith comprehensiveknowledge[1]Percentage who rejectthe two most commonmisconceptions andknow that a healthylooking person can havethe AIDS virusPercentage who know that HIVcannot be transmitted by:Percentagewhoknow that ahealthy lookingpersoncan have theAIDS virusBackground characteristicsPercentageofwomenwhoknowbothwaysPercentage who knowtransmission can beprevented by:Sharingfood withsomeonewithAIDSSupernaturalmeansMosqui-tobitesUsing acondomeverytimeHaving onlyone faithfuluninfectedsex partnerPercentagewho haveheard ofAIDSDeir El-Balah 97.4 65.9 40.9 37.4 56.4 48.5 83.9 64.6 25.6 8.7 756Khan Yunis 92.9 73.8 31.6 28.7 57.5 40.1 74.1 62.0 20.5 7.3 1,020Rafah 95.8 86.8 40.4 37.6 42.8 37.2 69.8 54.4 10.8 5.3 718RegionWest Bank 95.8 72.9 41.2 35.1 59.4 38.5 76.5 63.6 20.1 8.8 9,462Gaza Strip 93.5 69.2 39.0 34.3 55.9 39.2 75.6 60.4 19.1 6.3 5,435Locality typeUrban 95.4 72.3 41.5 35.6 60.4 39.3 77.4 62.4 20.6 8.3 10,825Rural 92.4 67.5 36.9 32.1 51.2 35.2 68.2 59.3 17.1 7.3 2,576Camps 96.6 73.2 38.3 33.5 53.8 40.7 81.1 68.2 18.1 6.5 1,497129