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Table 13.3.2 Comprehensive knowledge about AIDS: MenPercentage of men age 15-49 who say that a healthy-looking person can have the AIDS virus and who, in response to prompted questions, correctlyreject local misconceptions about AIDS transmission or prevention, and the percentage with a comprehensive knowledge about AIDS bybackground characteristics, and percentage of men age 50 and over rejecting local misconceptions and having comprehensive knowledge aboutAIDS, Swaziland 2006-07BackgroundcharacteristicA healthylookingpersoncan havethe AIDSvirusAIDScannotbe transmittedbymosquitobitesPercentage of respondents who say that:AIDScannotbe transmittedbysupernaturalmeansA personcannotbecomeinfectedby sharingfood witha personwho hasAIDSA healthylookingperson canhave theAIDS virus andwho rejectthe two mostcommon localmisconceptionsA personcanbecomeinfectedby havinganal sexA personcanbecomeinfectedby havingoral sexA personcanbecomeinfectedby beingexposedto openwounds/soresPercentagewith acomprehensiveknowledgeaboutAIDSAge15-24 94.9 68.2 92.1 84.0 60.3 57.0 60.4 96.4 52.3 2,20915-19 93.5 68.5 90.8 82.6 59.1 54.0 56.1 95.9 50.4 1,32320-24 97.0 67.7 94.0 86.0 62.1 61.5 66.9 97.0 55.2 88625-29 98.4 64.3 95.1 85.8 59.8 61.4 71.2 95.8 53.5 62430-39 96.6 66.3 90.5 80.6 59.1 63.6 71.5 94.8 52.2 79840-49 94.2 59.5 87.8 73.7 49.4 57.6 65.5 94.6 43.5 525Marital statusNever married 95.2 67.7 92.2 83.9 60.2 58.2 62.7 96.2 52.3 2,734Ever had sex 97.2 66.4 93.0 83.9 60.2 62.2 68.3 97.2 53.8 1,458Never had sex 92.9 69.2 91.2 83.8 60.2 53.6 56.4 95.0 50.7 1,276Married/living together 96.8 65.5 91.6 81.4 58.0 62.1 69.1 94.9 51.7 1,219Divorced/separated/widowed 95.7 49.7 86.1 66.7 40.5 51.4 67.2 94.5 36.4 203ResidenceUrban 97.2 73.7 93.0 87.5 67.1 67.9 70.4 96.8 58.7 1,181Rural 95.1 63.1 91.2 80.2 55.3 55.5 62.6 95.3 48.5 2,975RegionHhohho 97.0 69.3 94.2 84.0 61.0 61.9 69.8 95.7 54.3 1,099Manzini 96.2 68.0 91.7 84.1 61.3 60.0 67.3 96.5 52.7 1,349Shiselweni 94.5 59.5 89.6 81.2 53.5 57.6 59.6 95.4 48.6 843Lubombo 94.2 65.6 90.6 78.5 56.4 55.1 59.8 94.9 48.3 865EducationNo education 87.7 34.8 82.2 52.9 23.6 46.9 60.6 88.7 18.5 316Lower primary 88.1 42.1 82.8 62.9 31.8 45.3 58.2 92.9 27.3 470Higher primary 94.3 62.3 91.3 79.7 52.2 50.5 58.8 95.6 43.9 980Secondary 98.2 69.9 95.4 89.7 64.6 58.4 62.3 96.7 55.6 1,191High school 99.3 81.1 94.9 92.6 75.6 72.2 73.0 98.1 70.0 852Tertiary 99.4 88.6 93.1 92.0 82.6 82.5 83.2 97.3 74.8 347Wealth quintileLowest 92.4 50.2 87.5 66.1 39.5 48.8 58.2 93.6 32.5 601Second 94.9 59.8 91.3 80.9 52.6 53.8 61.8 95.8 45.5 665Middle 94.7 61.8 90.4 83.1 55.2 56.5 61.8 95.6 49.6 856Fourth 97.2 67.9 93.6 84.2 60.4 58.4 65.8 96.5 53.0 953Highest 97.4 80.9 93.7 89.9 74.1 70.3 71.8 96.4 65.4 1,081Numberof menTotal 15-4995.7 66.1 91.7 82.3 58.6 59.0 64.8 95.8 51.4 4,156Total 50+ 85.8 44.4 75.5 55.7 31.2 40.5 54.9 83.5 24.6 4441Two most common local misconceptions: AIDS can be transmitted by mosquito bites and by sharing food with a person who has AIDS.2Comprehensive knowledge means knowing that consistent use of condom during sexual intercourse and having just one uninfected faithful partnercan reduce the chance of getting the AIDS virus, knowing that a healthy-looking person can have the AIDS virus, and rejecting the two mostcommon local misconceptions about AIDS transmission or prevention.13.3 KNOWLEDGE OF PREVENTION OF MOTHER-TO-CHILD TRANSMISSION OF HIVIncreasing the level of knowledge about the transmission of HIV from mother to child, andincreasing the knowledge that use of antiretroviral drugs during pregnancy can reduce the risk oftransmission, are critical to reducing mother-to-child transmission of HIV (MTCT). To assess MTCTknowledge, respondents were asked if HIV can be transmitted from a mother to a child throughbreastfeeding, and whether a mother with HIV can reduce the risk of transmission to the baby by takingcertain drugs during pregnancy.188 | HIV/AIDS-Related Knowledge, Attitudes and Behaviour