Table 2.4.4.  Personal beliefs of women about the routes of Gonorrhea transmission *

(n=559)

Routes of HIV transmission

High Probability

Low Probability

Impossible

Don’t know

Receiving infected blood transfusion

49.6

0.9

32.7

18.8

Using public bathrooms

48.7

1.3

34.7

15.4

Kissing on the mouth

25.0

0.9

53.8

20.2

Through sexual intercourse

95.7

0.0

1.6

2.7

Shaking hands

12.7

0.5

70.3

16.5

Using a needle used by someone else

57.1

0.7

26.1

16.1

Through mosquito bite

24.7

0.0

51.3

24.0

Using personal objects of infected person

39.5

1.1

41.5

17.9

Being treated by a physician or dentist

57.1

1.3

24.5

17.2

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