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CHAPTER 13 HIV/AIDS-RELATED KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, AND BEHAVIOUR<br />

Table A-13.1 Knowledge of HIV prevention methods: Districts<br />

Percentage of women and men age 15-49 who, in response to prompted questions, say that people can reduce the risk of getting HIV by<br />

using condoms every time they have sexual intercourse, and by having one sex partner who is not infected and has no other partners,<br />

according to district, <strong>Malawi</strong> DHS <strong>2015</strong>-<strong>16</strong><br />

District<br />

Using<br />

condoms 1<br />

Limiting<br />

sexual<br />

intercourse<br />

to one<br />

uninfected<br />

partner 2<br />

Women<br />

Using<br />

condoms<br />

and limiting<br />

sexual<br />

intercourse<br />

to one<br />

uninfected<br />

partner 1,2<br />

Number of<br />

women<br />

Using<br />

condoms 1<br />

Limiting<br />

sexual<br />

intercourse<br />

to one<br />

uninfected<br />

partner 2<br />

Men<br />

Using<br />

condoms<br />

and limiting<br />

sexual<br />

intercourse<br />

to one<br />

uninfected<br />

partner 1,2<br />

Number of<br />

men<br />

Northern<br />

Chitipa 75.9 86.9 68.8 236 42.0 66.7 36.7 73<br />

Karonga 87.6 93.7 84.4 470 80.0 94.3 76.2 149<br />

Likoma 84.1 94.3 80.9 20 78.6 90.4 73.4 6<br />

Mzimba 73.6 87.4 67.3 1,490 71.6 89.0 66.0 493<br />

Nkhata Bay 79.5 88.2 73.5 328 73.3 87.5 64.6 108<br />

Rumphi 75.6 84.5 67.8 295 80.0 93.3 75.3 94<br />

Total 77.1 88.2 71.1 2,838 71.8 88.3 66.2 922<br />

Central<br />

Dedza 73.1 93.4 70.6 1,090 69.0 86.3 64.3 306<br />

Dowa 65.7 75.1 57.8 1,084 65.7 87.1 59.7 342<br />

Kasungu 75.5 84.9 69.4 995 84.2 96.5 81.9 323<br />

Lilongwe 77.7 86.3 70.1 4,072 71.7 87.8 66.8 1,192<br />

Mchinji 73.1 87.4 66.3 709 70.2 93.9 67.2 252<br />

Nkhotakota 75.7 87.6 71.0 541 73.3 95.3 70.8 156<br />

Ntcheu 80.5 92.0 77.9 936 88.0 92.1 84.0 264<br />

Ntchisi 63.7 73.9 58.5 434 77.3 86.2 69.1 143<br />

Salima 73.3 89.7 67.7 667 71.0 83.7 63.3 198<br />

Total 74.7 86.1 68.7 10,529 73.6 89.4 68.9 3,176<br />

Southern<br />

Balaka 83.3 90.7 78.6 602 77.2 83.0 68.8 149<br />

Blantyre 63.0 83.0 55.9 2,067 75.2 89.9 71.4 542<br />

Chikhwawa 79.1 86.5 72.7 682 89.9 95.2 86.9 224<br />

Chiradzulu 80.7 88.2 75.7 518 88.3 95.6 86.6 130<br />

Machinga 78.4 90.0 74.1 808 69.7 87.2 62.9 190<br />

Mangochi 63.2 70.6 56.5 1,561 74.0 80.4 63.5 398<br />

Mulanje 82.6 88.7 78.6 1,052 92.2 95.2 88.8 294<br />

Mwanza 71.8 79.4 66.0 171 67.4 84.6 66.7 51<br />

Neno 71.4 79.6 62.2 246 52.9 64.3 43.4 70<br />

Nsanje 75.0 78.5 63.6 348 76.7 86.2 68.4 104<br />

Phalombe 80.7 88.2 75.8 659 80.4 92.9 76.9 176<br />

Thyolo 79.7 88.4 74.8 1,123 73.8 87.6 70.2 289<br />

Zomba 87.5 95.0 85.4 1,357 78.4 89.6 73.3 415<br />

Total 75.3 85.2 69.8 11,194 78.1 88.4 72.8 3,030<br />

Total 75.2 86.0 69.5 24,562 75.3 88.8 70.2 7,128<br />

na = Not applicable<br />

1<br />

Using condoms every time they have sexual intercourse<br />

2<br />

Partner who has no other partners<br />

Appendix A • 397

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