Table 2.4.2.  Personal beliefs of women about the routes of HIV transmission *

(n=1372)

Routes of HIV transmission

High Probability

Low Probability

Impossible

Don’t know

Receiving infected blood transfusion

92.2

0.2

1.1

6.5

Using public bathrooms

43.1

1.2

41.0

14.7

Kissing on the mouth

46.4

0.5

38.7

14.4

Through heterosexual intercourse

92.2

0.0

0.7

4.1

Through homosexual intercourse

93.1

0.0

1.0

5.8

Shaking hands

23.0

0.4

61.5

15.2

Using a needle used by someone else

89.4

0.4

3.0

7.2

Through mosquito bite

39.4

0.4

36.4

23.8

By using domestic objects

51.0

0.7

34.8

13.5

Being treated by physician or dentist

81.1

0.8

6.3

11.8

* Note: bold print indicates opinions expressed by more than 50% of the respondents