|
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
|