Table 3.

HIV, STI and contraceptive method knowledge among 12–14 year olds by sex and country, National Survey of Adelescents, 2004

Characteristic	Burkina Faso		Ghana		Malawi		Uganda
	Female (N=1272)	Male (N=1333)	Female (N=936)	Male (N=967)	Female (N=944)	Male (N=905)	Female (N=1282)	Male (N=1198)
General awareness
Knows of any contraceptive method	67.2	74.0 *	84.4	85.1	72.7	81.1 *	87.9	92.6 *
Knows of any STIs, apart from HIV	15.0	19.1 *	25.5	27.5	48.3	49.9	37.5	37.7
Knows of HIV	74.8	79.6	93.9	94.4	92.5	90.6	97.9	98.6
Detailed knowledge
HIV transmission and prevention†	5.1	9.1 *	20.9	23.4	18.2	24.1 *	20.8	16.8 *
Pregnancy prevention‡	3.4	2.4	11.7	5.7 *	14.6	7.7 *	19.7	11.3 *
Male condom knowledge
Ever heard of male condom	64.1	73.0 *	81.1	83.5	60.6	76.8 *	81.1	90.8 *
Ever saw a formal condom demonstration	12.8	19.6 *	21.1	30.7*	5.4	11.5 *	24.4	21.9

Note: Sample sizes are unweighted, but percentages are weighted.

^*Chi-square p< 0.05, testing gender differences within countries.

^†Correctly replied to five direct questions that HIV transmission can be reduced by having sex with only one, faithful, uninfected partner and also by using condoms; that a healthy-looking person can have HIV; that a person cannot get HIV from mosquito bites and that a person cannot get HIV from sharing food with someone who is infected.

^‡Correctly replied to four direct questions that there are certain days when a woman is more likely to get pregnant; that a girl can get pregnant the very first time she has sexual intercourse; that a girl can get pregnant if she has sex standing up (in Burkina Faso another question was used-that a girl can get pregnant even if she washes herself thoroughly immediately after having sex); and the adolescent respondent knows of at least one modern method of contraception.