Table 1 Distribution of Bangladeshi married women with knowledge about HIV/AIDS by various demographic and socio-economic variables(Bangladesh Demographic and Health Surveys, 2007–2014)
Frequency (%) of women with HIV/AIDS knowledge | |||
|---|---|---|---|
Variables | 2007 | 2011 | 2014 |
Age | |||
15-19 | 1051 (77.97) | 1441 (75.41) | 1462 (72.27) |
20-24 | 1737 (79.9) | 2724 (78.82) | 2456 (77.7) |
25-29 | 1436 (74.25) | 2562 (75.64) | 2610 (78.07) |
30-49 | 3463 (62.52) | 5729 (63.69) | 6065 (64.96) |
Religion | |||
Islam | 6953 (70.07) | 11070 (70.25) | 11454 (70.99) |
Others | 733 (68.44) | 1386 (69.61) | 1138 (65.89) |
Respondent’s education | |||
No education | 1576 (44.71) | 1876 (40.53) | 1713 (40.73) |
Primary | 2197 (67.23) | 3401 (64.22) | 3320 (63.53) |
Secondary or higher | 3911 (93.14) | 7179 (91.76) | 7560 (89.67) |
Husband’s education | |||
No education | 1811 (50.28) | 2421 (46.69) | 2445 (48.3) |
Primary | 1918 (66.57) | 3193 (66.63) | 3193 (65.77) |
Secondary or higher | 3950 (87.82) | 6836 (88.06) | 6952 (87.52) |
Socio-economic status | |||
Poor | 1798 (47.69) | 3106 (48.59) | 3313 (50.11) |
Middle | 1382 (65.97) | 2390 (70.23) | 2600 (71.8) |
Rich | 4507 (87.86) | 6960 (87.5) | 6680 (87.54) |
Working status | |||
No | 5567 (71.75) | 10726 (69.74) | 8779 (71.76) |
Yes | 2119 (65.54) | 1730 (73) | 3810 (67.75) |
Contraceptive use | |||
No | 3468 (64.61) | 5028 (66.95) | 4955 (67.04) |
Yes | 4219 (74.98) | 7428 (72.55) | 7638 (72.94) |
Media use | |||
No | 4422 (61.17) | 8736 (64.06) | 9625 (65.52) |
Yes | 3263 (86.78) | 3702 (90.49) | 2952 (93.77) |
Family planning knowledge | |||
No | 3902 (57.04) | 7981 (62.57) | 9227 (64.96) |
Yes | 3785 (91.12) | 4475 (89.63) | 3362 (92.03) |
Residence | |||
Urban | 3549 (85.52) | 5169 (83.65) | 5125 (83.1) |
Rural | 4138 (60.45) | 7287 (62.98) | 7468 (63.85) |
Division | |||
Barisal | 957 (66.55) | 1510 (73.66) | 1570 (73.3) |
Chittagong | 1311 (67.51) | 2024 (70.67) | 2041 (71.24) |
Dhaka | 1795 (76.71) | 2324 (75.9) | 2403 (77.69) |
Khulna | 1375 (80.36) | 2144 (81.21) | 2035 (78.85) |
Rajshahi | 1364 (65.58) | 3156 (62.53) | 3225 (63.95) |
Sylhet | 885 (59.64) | 1298 (62.22) | 1319 (61.66) |