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The table also shows the opinion of children who know about having sex and who report that theyhave received HIV/AIDS information in the 12 months preceding the survey. Overall, 61 percent thinkthat too much focus was placed on abstinence, and 52 percent think that too much focus was placed onsex. Only 7 percent of children say that the information they received encouraged young people to havesex and 11 percent think that the information taught children that having sex is OK if safe sex is practiced.Again, there are variations across subgroups of children, but there is no specific pattern.Table 18.10 Opinion on information about HIV/AIDSAmong all children age 12-14, percentage who had various opinions about the information on HIV/AIDS that they received in the 12 months preceding thesurvey, according to background characteristics, Swaziland 2006-07BackgroundcharacteristicPercentage of all children who said that theHIV/AIDS information they had received:Had toomuchfocus oncondomsDid nothaveenoughinformationfor childrenWasoffendingorupsettingWasconfusingNumber ofchildrenPercentage of all children knowing about havingsex who said that the HIV/AIDS informationthey had received :Had toomuchfocus onabstinenceHad toomuchfocuson sexEncouragedyoungpeople tohave sexTaughtchildren sexis OK ifit is safeNumber ofchildrenknowingabout themeaningof sexSexFemale 50.8 41.0 22.6 40.4 465 59.2 54.5 7.1 12.0 295Male 42.9 43.4 23.1 42.9 409 63.2 49.3 7.8 10.1 241ResidenceUrban 54.8 38.6 27.0 46.0 104 54.4 49.7 10.5 8.8 77Rural 46.1 42.6 22.3 41.0 769 62.1 52.6 6.9 11.6 459RegionHhohho 42.1 39.0 24.3 41.7 228 64.2 48.7 6.4 13.6 123Manzini 58.0 43.7 22.0 46.3 255 61.0 63.9 10.4 9.8 159Shiselweni 39.9 38.2 17.5 33.9 213 56.3 39.5 5.4 8.5 138Lubombo 46.6 48.6 28.6 44.1 178 63.2 54.8 6.9 13.6 116Living arrangementsLiving with both parents 41.2 41.2 20.9 39.8 151 59.5 46.0 5.0 9.3 89Living with father/notmother 41.7 52.5 27.1 48.5 71 70.5 80.3 24.0 16.5 40Living with mother/notfather 51.5 44.1 22.8 44.2 295 63.3 48.9 7.3 10.8 189Not living with either parent 47.1 38.8 22.9 38.7 332 58.5 52.4 5.9 12.1 204Missing (46.3) (38.8) (21.9) (40.8) 25 * * * * 15Orphanhood statusBoth parents alive 47.9 43.2 23.8 43.7 552 59.9 52.9 7.7 12.5 337Mother dead/father alive 49.0 48.4 33.8 40.8 73 62.4 66.6 12.4 11.1 47Father dead/mother alive 47.3 39.9 21.1 37.5 180 64.9 45.7 5.5 10.0 106Both parents dead 38.0 32.6 8.3 36.6 69 58.2 47.2 4.6 3.8 46OVC statusOrphan 1 45.7 40.3 21.2 38.0 322 62.8 51.0 6.9 8.9 199Vulnerable 2 (45.3) (46.8) (32.9) (33.2) 32 * * * * 15Orphan and vulnerable * * * * 14 * * * * 6Neither orphan norvulnerable 47.8 42.8 23.6 44.1 533 60.9 52.3 7.9 12.9 328Total 47.1 42.1 22.8 41.6 874 61.0 52.2 7.4 11.2 536Note: Figures in parentheses are based on 25-49 unweighted cases. An asterisk indicates that an estimate is based on fewer than 25 unweighted cases and hasbeen suppressed.1 One or both parents dead2Have a very sick parent or live in a household where an adult has been very sick or died in the past 12 monthsYouth | 287