Percentage of women and men age 15-49 who have heard of HIV or AIDS.
Coverage:
Population base: Women and men age 15-49 (IR file, MR file)
Time period: Current status at time of survey
Numerator: Number of women (or men) age 15-49 who respond “Yes” that they have heard of HIV or AIDS (women: v751 = 1; men: mv751 = 1)
Denominator: Number of women age 15-49 or number of men (age range varies by survey)
Variables: IR file, MR file.
|
v751 |
Ever heard of HIV or AIDS (women) |
|
v005 |
Woman’s individual sample weight |
|
mv751 |
Ever heard of HIV or AIDS (men) |
|
mv005 |
Man’s individual sample weight |
Numerator divided by denominator, multiplied by 100.
Missing values are assumed to reflect a lack of knowledge about HIV or AIDS and are therefore not included in the numerator.
Prior to DHS-7, the standard questionnaires asked if women and men had “ever heard of an illness called AIDS”. Due to improved knowledge about HIV/AIDS and the decrease in AIDS cases as treatment is more common, some respondents may be more familiar with the term “HIV” than “AIDS”. The purpose of the question is to assess basic knowledge of either HIV or AIDS.
In DHS-8 this has become an optional question. It may be deleted in countries with near universal knowledge of HIV in which case everyone is assumed to have knowledge of HIV.
Bankole, A., S. Singh, V. Woog, and D. Wulf. 2004. "Risk and protection: youth and HIV/AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa.”. https://www.guttmacher.org/news-release/2004/new-resource-documents-hiv-risk-and-protection-african-youth
Khan, M.A.2002. "Knowledge on AIDS among female adolescents in Bangladesh: evidence from the Bangladesh demographic and health survey data." Journal of health, population and nutrition: 130-137.
DHS-8 Tabulation plan: Table 13.0.W
API Indicator IDs:
HA_KAID_W_HRD, HA_KAID_M_HRD