Table 1:
Characteristics of adult DHS respondents between 2006 and 2015 in 14 Sub-Saharan African countries (n = 224 751)
| Demographics | % |
|---|---|
| Female | 66.88 |
| Age groups | |
| 15–19 | 21.92 |
| 20–24 | 18.35 |
| 25–29 | 17.04 |
| 30–34 | 13.81 |
| 35–39 | 12.12 |
| 40–44 | 9.20 |
| 45–49 | 7.57 |
| Marital status | |
| Not married | 50.11 |
| Married | 49.89 |
| Urban/rural | |
| Urban | 39.90 |
| Rural | 60.10 |
| Country | |
| Cameroon | 3.11 |
| Congo DR | 11.24 |
| Ethiopia | 12.80 |
| Ghana | 5.96 |
| Guinea | 3.82 |
| Ivory Coast | 6.35 |
| Lesotho | 4.18 |
| Namibia | 5.67 |
| Niger | 5.93 |
| Rwanda | 7.35 |
| Sierra Leone | 9.96 |
| Swaziland | 3.99 |
| Togo | 6.00 |
| Zambia | 13.63 |
| Educational attainment | |
| No education | 26.89 |
| Incomplete primary | 22.84 |
| Complete primary | 9.28 |
| Incomplete secondary | 28.67 |
| Complete secondary | 6.85 |
| Higher | 5.47 |
| Wealth index | |
| Poorest | 18.31 |
| Poorer | 17.53 |
| Middle | 18.72 |
| Richer | 20.37 |
| Richest | 25.07 |
| Health literacy | |
| Primary school education | 50.50 |
| Able to read whole sentence or part | 62.29 |
| Read magazine at least once per week | 14.16 |
| Listen to radio at least once per week | 46.73 |
| Watch TV at least once per week | 31.96 |
| Heard family planning information from magazine, radio, or TV in the last few months | 44.38 |
| Knows place to get an AIDS test Knows place to get condoms | 77.3241.26 |
| Knowledge of HIV/AIDS | |
| Reduce chance of HIV by always using condoms during sex | 84.52 |
| Reduce change of HIV by only having one sex partner | 89.03 |
| A healthy-looking person can have AIDS | 83.04 |
| Cannot get HIV from a mosquito bite | 69.19 |
| Cannot get AIDS from witchcraft or supernatural means | 78.78 |
| Comprehensive knowledge of HIV/AIDSa | 68.32 |
Analysis and results presented based on weighted data.
a
Variable representing correct knowledge of four out of the 5 variables items in the knowledge of HIV/AIDS sub-group.