Table 2 HIV knowledge and attitude responses in the Belize MICS in 2006, 2011, and 2015–2016
Questions | % of correct/accepting answers | ||
|---|---|---|---|
2006 | 2011 | 2015–2016 | |
n = 1,675 (%) | n = 4,096 (%) | n = 4,699 (%) | |
HIV Knowledge | |||
Have you ever heard of AIDS? | 96.42% | 92.8% | 89.79% |
Can people reduce their risk of contracting HIV by having an uninfected sexual partner and no other sexual partners? | 73.07% | 76.05% | 79.08% |
Can people reduce their risk of contracting HIV by utilizing a condom on every sexual contact? | 70.75% | 71.22% | 72.87% |
Can a healthy-looking person have the AIDS virus? | 84.60% | 83.40% | 82.17% |
A mosquito bite cannot transmit HIV? | 68.24% | 68.14% | 65.12% |
Can people not get HIV through witchcraft or other supernatural means? | 84.54% | 84.16% | 80.76% |
Can HIV not be transmitted by sharing food with someone with AIDS? | 76.18% | 78.22% | 76.27% |
HIV Attitude | |||
Are you willing to care for a family member with the AIDS virus in own home? | 77.31% | 78.27% | 76.61% |
Would you buy fresh vegetables from a shopkeeper or vendor who has the AIDS virus | 46.27% | 53.30% | 52.63% |
Do you believe that a female teacher infected with the AIDS virus who is not sick should continue teaching? | 54.87% | 63.45% | 65.80% |
Would you not want to keep it secret that a family member got infected with the AIDS virus? | 42.39% | 43.19% | 48.84% |