|
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
|