NMICS 2010 Report - Central Bureau of Statistics

NMICS 2010, Mid- and Far Western RegionsTable HA.1: Knowledge about HIV transmission, misconceptions about HIV/AIDS, and comprehensive knowledge about HIV transmissionPercentage of women aged 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 commonmisconceptions, and percentage who have comprehensive knowledge about HIV transmission , MFWR, Nepal, 2010RegionPercent whohave heard ofAIDSPercent who knowtransmission can be preventedby:Having onlyone faithful,uninfectedsexual partnerUsing acondom everytimePercent whoknow bothwaysPercent whoknow that ahealthylooking personcan have theAIDS virusPercent who know that HIV cannot betransmitted by:MosquitobitesSupernaturalmeansSharing foodwith someonewith AIDSPercent whoreject two ofthe mostcommonmisconceptionsandknow that ahealthylooking personcan have theAIDS virusPercent withcomprehensiveknowledge[1]Mid-Western 59.7 49.6 47.3 43.4 45.9 35.9 51.8 43.5 27.0 23.2 4,036Far Western 51.0 45.3 38.3 35.7 36.9 33.4 44.6 38.8 23.6 20.2 3,336SubregionAreaAgeMid-Western Mountains 28.2 24.0 22.2 20.7 21.7 20.5 24.5 22.0 14.3 12.7 408Mid-Western Hills 67.4 56.5 55.3 50.6 51.2 34.8 57.5 47.5 27.2 24.5 1,998Mid-Western Terai 58.3 47.6 43.7 40.2 45.5 41.1 51.7 44.0 29.8 24.2 1,630Far Western Mountains 23.6 20.0 19.0 17.4 18.5 14.2 19.8 15.4 10.7 9.4 508Far Western Hills 49.2 42.3 28.5 25.8 33.9 30.2 40.0 35.5 20.2 15.7 961Far Western Terai 59.3 53.7 48.6 45.8 43.5 40.3 53.7 46.9 28.8 25.5 1,867Urban 72.8 61.1 58.6 52.1 58.3 52.6 65.9 58.5 41.3 34.0 848Rural 53.6 45.9 41.2 38.3 39.7 32.5 46.3 39.2 23.4 20.3 6,52415–24 years 74.7 66.9 60.6 57.0 60.1 51.1 67.7 60.2 39.4 34.4 2,89825–29 years 57.7 48.7 44.0 40.6 40.7 35.2 49.6 43.1 23.4 19.3 1,23530–39 years 46.7 36.7 33.4 29.9 31.8 23.9 38.1 29.6 17.4 14.9 1,85540–49 years 26.5 20.9 19.4 16.9 18.2 15.0 21.6 16.1 8.7 7.1 1,384Marital statusEver married/in union 48.5 40.0 36.4 33.1 34.8 27.8 40.9 33.6 19.4 16.6 5,903No. of womenaged 15–49yearsNever married/in union 85.1 78.1 70.6 67.1 70.1 63.0 79.4 72.8 49.6 42.7 1,469