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

PCBS: Palestinian Family Survey, 2010Table HA.2: Knowledge about HIV transmission, misconceptions about HIV/AIDS, and comprehensive knowledge about HIV transmission among young peoplePercentage of young women age 15-24 years who know the main ways of preventing HIV transmission, percentage who know that a healthy looking person can have the AIDSvirus, percentage who reject common misconceptions, and percentage who have comprehensive knowledge about HIV transmission, State of Palestine, 2010Percentagewithcomprehens-iveknowledge[1]Percentagewho rejectthe two mostcommonmisconceptionsand knowthat a healthylooking personcan have theAIDS virusPercentage who know thatHIV cannot be transmittedby:Percentage whoknow that ahealthy lookingperson can havethe AIDS virusPercentage who knowtransmission can beprevented by: PercentageofwomenSupernaturalmeansNum-berof womenMosquitobiteswho knowboth waysHavingonly onefaithfuluninfect-edsex partnerPercentagewho haveheard ofAIDSSharingfood withsomeonewith AIDSBackground characteristicsUsing acond-omevery timeRegionWest Bank 96.2 70.9 36.7 30.6 62.5 40.6 79.7 64.2 21.6 8.3 4,043Gaza Strip 94.2 64.2 31.3 27.6 55.8 40.5 76.5 59.8 20.0 5.4 2,514Locality TypeUrban 95.8 68.5 35.8 30.2 62.2 41.4 79.5 62.0 22.0 7.9 4,753Rural 93.4 66.2 32.0 27.5 54.1 36.7 72.0 61.2 18.8 6.3 1,101Camps 96.5 70.9 30.8 27.2 53.6 40.7 81.6 68.3 17.3 3.8 704Age in years15-19 94.7 64.0 27.4 22.9 58.6 40.2 76.5 60.1 19.6 5.1 3,60620-24 96.4 73.7 43.4 37.4 61.5 41.0 80.8 65.5 22.6 9.7 2,951Marital statusMarried or ever married 95.5 73.9 46.9 40.2 59.2 38.0 78.4 61.3 20.2 9.5 2,184Never married 95.5 65.6 28.5 24.0 60.3 41.9 78.4 63.2 21.3 6.0 4,373EducationNo education 69.5 28.7 17.5 13.9 32.7 31.4 47.9 28.9 10.9 2.0 65Primary 93.9 64.2 29.5 24.5 56.2 38.7 74.8 58.4 18.0 5.1 3,972Secondary + above 98.5 75.9 43.0 37.6 66.5 43.8 84.9 70.0 25.8 10.6 2,521133