Bellary District, - PRC

Table 61: Knowledge of HIV/AIDS by selected characteristicsPercentage of women aged 15-49 years who had heard of HIV/AIDS, according to selected backgroundcharacteristics and place of residence, Bellary District, Karnataka, MICS, 2002Per cent who had heard of HIV/AIDSCharacteristics Rural Number Urban Number Total NumberMarital statusEver-married 77.5 944 89.6 403 81.1 1347Never-married 72.5 138 93.4 106 81.5 244ReligionHindu 77.0 1062 91.3 343 80.5 1405Muslim * 18 88.3 163 86.2 181Caste/tribeScheduled caste 64.9 279 87.8 123 71.9 402Scheduled tribe 74.1 274 82.3 62 75.6 336Other 84.6 527 92.9 324 87.8 851EducationIlliterate 71.5 852 86.4 265 75.0 1117Primary complete 96.5 57 85.4 48 91.4 105Middle complete 95.5 90 94.8 77 95.2 165High school + 100.0 71 99.1 110 99.5 181Type of housePucca 91.2 159 94.1 237 92.9 396Semi-pucca 75.4 731 89.3 196 78.3 927Kachha 70.5 190 81.6 76 73.7 266Total 76.9 1082 90.4 509 81.2 1591Note: Data for women belonging to ‘other’ religions, women who are literate but have not completedprimary school, and women with missing information on religion, caste/tribe education and type of houseare not shown separately.* Percentage not shown; based on fewer than 25 cases.Table 62: Source of Knowledge of HIV/AIDSPercentage of women aged 15-49 years who had heard of HIV/AIDS, according to source ofknowledge and place of residence, Bellary District, Karnataka, MICS, 2002Place of residenceSource of knowledge Rural Urban TotalRadio 11.3 6.7 9.7Television 26.6 62.0 39.2Cinema 0.0 1.3 0.5News paper 4.7 10.6 6.8Posters/Hoarding 5.1 9.4 6.6Exhibition/Mela 0.5 0.9 0.6Health personnel 6.3 7.8 6.8School teacher 5.4 7.6 6.1Community meetings 2.2 1.7 2.0Friends/relatives 92.2 81.3 88.3Other 12.9 12.6 12.8Number 832 460 1292Note: Percentages may add to more than 100 due to multiple responses.66