NMICS 2010 Report - Central Bureau of Statistics

NMICS 2010, Mid- and Far Western Regionsreceive HIV counselling during antenatal care than older women: 19 percent of women aged 15–19compared to two percent of women aged 35–49 years. Women with no education (four percent)were less likely than women with at least secondary education (22 percent) to receive counselling.The trend in variation by wealth quintile was inconsistent, although women in the poorest quintile(four percent) were least likely to receive counselling and women in the richest quintile (20 percent)were most likely to receive counselling.Of women who were offered an HIV test, were tested and received the results during antenatal care,the most significant variations were between women in the Far Western Hills (eight percent) andwomen in the Far Western Mountains (one percent); urban women (12 percent) and rural women(four percent); women aged 20–24 years (seven percent) and women aged 34–49 years (twopercent); women with no education (two percent) and women with at least secondary education (10percent); and women from the poorest quintile (two percent) and women from the richest quintile(10 percent).177