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HIVAIDS-related Knowledge, Attitudes, and Behavior • 231 Table 13.6.1 Accepting attitudes toward those living with HIVAIDS: Women Among ever-married women age 15-49 who have heard of AIDS, percentage expressing specific accepting attitudes toward people with HIVAIDS, by background characteristics, Afghanistan 2015 Percentage of women who: Percentage expressing acceptance attitudes on all four indicators Number of women who have heard of AIDS Background characteristic Are willing to care for a family member with AIDS in the respondents home Would buy fresh vegetables from shopkeeper who has HIV Say that a female teacher who has HIV but is not sick should be allowed to continue teaching Would not want to keep secret that a family member got infected with HIV Age 15-24 34.3 30.3 26.8 69.1 5.6 1,763 15-19 34.8 31.5 35.9 66.7 4.9 347 20-24 34.2 30.0 24.6 69.7 5.7 1,416 25-29 29.5 32.1 27.9 72.3 8.4 1,542 30-39 35.4 32.1 25.7 70.5 4.4 2,212 40-49 34.1 27.8 27.3 70.8 5.8 1,454 Marital status Married 33.2 30.4 27.0 70.3 5.8 6,818 DivorcedSeparated Widowed 50.3 47.7 19.1 86.5 9.2 152 Residence Urban 30.7 20.4 22.6 69.9 3.5 2,695 Rural 35.4 37.3 29.5 71.1 7.3 4,275 Province 1 Kabul 30.2 23.6 31.1 61.4 5.4 1,445 Kapisa 18.3 46.6 57.1 84.2 1.4 46 Parwan 57.7 66.8 58.5 91.8 43.9 125 Wardak 41.6 58.0 65.8 68.2 11.6 125 Logar 17.3 57.7 58.8 69.5 3.9 312 Nangarhar 17.6 49.1 49.2 84.2 3.7 186 Laghman 12.8 8.3 6.3 84.4 0.1 272 Panjsher 68.9 78.4 83.2 28.5 3.1 5 Baghlan 14.5 43.0 45.0 81.6 0.0 133 Bamyan 8.8 21.1 25.8 84.6 1.4 14 Ghazni 15.6 22.6 15.2 41.6 3.2 291 Paktika 12 Paktya 12.7 14.3 11.0 34.4 0.1 108 Khost 7.7 24.4 22.0 63.2 0.8 156 Kunarha 34.0 20.7 15.5 17.4 0.1 50 Nooristan 1 Badakhshan 26.6 28.1 39.2 59.8 14.0 73 Takhar 7.4 6.7 12.1 87.1 0.9 174 Kunduz 41.1 13.3 14.4 62.3 1.0 432 Samangan 6.6 40.0 49.9 33.9 0.0 9 Balkh 17.5 14.8 12.4 69.9 2.7 398 Sar-E-Pul 37.0 14.7 32.7 61.5 0.0 51 Ghor 3.5 31.3 67.1 92.5 0.3 153 Daykundi 3 Urozgan 32.7 0.0 13.8 38.9 0.0 8 Kandahar 34.1 1.8 3.3 72.5 0.2 405 Jawzjan 61.4 54.6 38.9 80.6 27.9 135 Faryab 13.4 21.3 12.9 87.1 1.7 342 Helmand 10.9 2.5 38.4 91.3 0.0 53 Badghis 59.7 1.2 30.2 5.0 0.0 23 Herat 65.6 55.7 23.6 83.5 11.8 1,286 Farah 73.4 39.2 30.8 34.3 2.2 114 Nimroz 11.4 12.6 17.9 62.8 6.1 26 Education No education 35.2 30.2 24.9 69.6 5.4 4,576 Primary 34.4 33.4 29.8 70.7 7.8 788 Secondary 29.3 30.4 31.0 72.0 5.1 1,140 More than secondary 26.3 32.8 29.9 76.6 9.0 465 Wealth quintile Lowest 39.9 41.2 30.0 73.6 8.4 729 Second 45.0 39.4 31.2 69.9 9.8 1,009 Middle 31.4 33.7 27.9 69.1 5.3 1,053 Fourth 27.2 30.0 24.9 71.1 4.4 1,678 Highest 32.3 23.5 24.9 70.3 4.7 2,502 Total 33.6 30.8 26.8 70.6 5.9 6,970 Note: Figures in parentheses are based on 25-49 unweighted cases. An asterisk indicates that a figure is based on fewer than 25 unweighted cases and has been suppressed. 1 Estimates for Zabul are not presented separately due to sample coverage issues; however, they are included in the total national estimates. 232 • HIVAIDS-related Knowledge, Attitudes, and Behavior Table 13.6.2 Accepting attitudes toward those living with HIVAIDS: Men Among ever-married men age 15-49 who have heard of HIVAIDS, percentage expressing specific accepting attitudes toward people with HIVAIDS, by background characteristics, Afghanistan 2015 Percentage of men who: Percentage expressing acceptance attitudes on all four indicators Number of men who have heard of AIDS Background characteristic Are willing to care for a family member with AIDS in the respondents home Would buy fresh vegetables from shopkeeper who has HIV Say that a female teacher who has the AIDS virus but is not sick should be allowed to continue teaching Would not want to keep secret that a family member got infected with HIV Age 15-24 39.5 28.4 29.0 62.5 4.4 747 15-19 48.4 27.2 21.5 51.3 2.2 72 20-24 38.6 28.5 29.8 63.7 4.6 675 25-29 40.1 29.4 32.8 66.3 6.8 1,397 30-39 37.5 25.7 26.2 67.5 5.3 2,356 40-49 37.5 26.2 26.6 70.5 5.3 1,787 Marital status Married 38.4 26.9 28.1 67.6 5.5 6,250 DivorcedSeparated Widowed 31.7 31.9 31.7 52.8 10.6 37 Residence Urban 46.3 28.5 38.6 65.4 8.6 1,799 Rural 35.1 26.3 23.9 68.3 4.3 4,488 Province 1 Kabul 40.0 25.2 36.6 65.6 4.3 919 Kapisa 2.6 28.7 14.9 98.1 0.0 48 Parwan 25.0 10.4 20.0 54.0 6.6 157 Wardak 47.1 26.7 22.1 81.4 5.5 68 Logar 14.7 57.9 21.6 65.9 1.1 132 Nangarhar 31.0 24.5 21.8 79.9 6.0 174 Laghman 34.4 19.6 8.2 73.2 1.5 172 Panjsher 6.7 30.6 30.6 84.5 0.0 11 Baghlan 14.7 47.9 47.1 88.8 2.6 134 Bamyan 23.3 18.9 16.0 85.3 1.5 32 Ghazni 33.2 46.5 31.7 49.0 1.6 272 Paktika 58.3 50.3 51.8 31.7 5.7 76 Paktya 37.8 35.3 31.1 64.9 3.9 192 Khost 34.8 7.3 5.6 97.1 1.2 306 Kunarha 31.8 17.1 14.7 61.8 1.0 103 Nooristan 32.3 21.9 10.3 43.8 3.3 13 Badakhshan 66.9 19.6 21.7 9.0 0.2 111 Takhar 18.0 16.1 9.4 53.7 0.3 159 Kunduz 46.7 28.8 44.4 54.0 3.8 289 Samangan 13.7 6.9 37.4 80.3 0.3 41 Balkh 8.2 6.8 14.6 76.6 0.4 300 Sar-E-Pul 39.2 9.7 8.0 84.0 2.5 89 Ghor 19.9 33.8 10.9 80.8 0.0 152 Daykundi 8.1 20.5 15.5 61.9 0.0 25 Urozgan 12.3 0.0 0.0 67.6 0.0 11 Kandahar 74.8 29.5 45.4 65.3 16.0 503 Jawzjan 22.7 2.2 2.9 80.0 0.0 142 Faryab 27.1 32.7 26.4 72.9 6.4 500 Helmand 18.9 5.5 1.1 81.6 0.0 281 Badghis 74.2 6.0 22.1 54.9 0.2 73 Herat 57.3 43.2 48.0 67.7 17.8 670 Farah 73.2 61.1 39.3 23.7 6.6 115 Nimroz 6.6 0.0 2.5 28.3 0.0 15 Education No education 37.7 20.3 22.9 65.9 3.4 2,392 Primary 37.4 24.6 24.0 66.7 3.1 1,253 Secondary 38.9 30.0 30.8 69.0 7.4 2,013 More than secondary 40.7 47.5 47.3 70.4 13.0 630 Wealth quintile Lowest 37.7 23.8 22.8 67.9 4.8 878 Second 29.3 26.5 25.6 66.8 3.1 1,121 Middle 33.3 23.7 20.8 69.7 2.4 1,166 Fourth 37.9 23.8 24.4 68.9 4.9 1,521 Highest 49.0 34.4 41.6 64.8 10.6 1,601 Total 38.3 27.0 28.1 67.5 5.5 6,287 Note: Figures in parentheses are based on 25-49 unweighted cases. An asterisk indicates that a figure is based on fewer than 25 unweighted cases and has been suppressed. 1 Estimates for Zabul are not presented separately due to sample coverage issues; however, they are included in the total national estimates. HIVAIDS-related Knowledge, Attitudes, and Behavior • 233 Table 13.7 Attitudes toward negotiating safer sexual relations with husband Percentage of ever-married women and ever-married men age 15-49 who believe that a woman is justified in refusing to have sexual intercourse with her husband if she knows that he has sexual intercourse with other women, and percentage who believe that a woman is justified in asking that they use a condom if she knows that her husband has a sexually transmitted infection STI, by background characteristics, Afghanistan 2015 Women Men Woman is justified in: Woman is justified in: Background characteristic Refusing to have sexual intercourse with her husband if she knows he has sex with other women Asking that they use a condom if she knows that her husband has an STI Number of women Refusing to have sexual intercourse with her husband if she knows he has sex with other women Asking that they use a condom if she knows that her husband has an STI Number of men Age 15-24 52.7 57.1 7,915 71.1 75.9 1,305 15-19 52.5 55.0 1,825 63.9 74.3 142 20-24 52.8 57.8 6,089 72.0 76.1 1,162 25-29 53.0 59.5 6,299 68.9 78.0 2,422 30-39 55.0 59.8 8,765 69.5 76.8 3,943 40-49 54.7 57.3 6,482 68.0 75.5 3,091 Marital status Married 54.2 58.7 28,671 69.2 76.7 10,679 DivorcedSeparated Widowed 40.8 50.7 790 55.8 64.0 81 Residence Urban 62.9 65.8 6,870 75.7 82.1 2,479 Rural 51.1 56.2 22,591 67.2 74.9 8,281 Province 1 Kabul 61.3 59.3 3,658 75.8 80.9 1,350 Kapisa 78.1 40.3 205 95.8 97.2 63 Parwan 42.9 50.6 625 82.3 84.7 220 Wardak 75.0 56.3 382 75.8 54.3 171 Logar 64.3 62.1 472 62.9 63.5 204 Nangarhar 50.5 66.3 794 66.2 77.5 273 Laghman 53.3 47.5 583 74.6 88.0 227 Panjsher 69.8 67.0 54 87.0 86.4 18 Baghlan 53.8 52.4 839 43.0 51.8 281 Bamyan 72.6 68.6 303 63.5 46.8 94 Ghazni 58.2 58.9 1,328 61.3 82.6 619 Paktika 56.0 61.5 792 82.3 82.2 322 Paktya 48.7 64.5 542 81.0 93.4 206 Khost 65.7 64.8 851 94.0 91.4 334 Kunarha 15.8 15.7 559 46.7 48.9 151 Nooristan 6.5 37.4 222 52.1 29.0 66 Badakhshan 46.4 38.0 1,004 67.0 65.5 316 Takhar 50.7 35.8 1,105 84.7 77.1 296 Kunduz 27.9 26.1 1,232 52.4 71.8 479 Samangan 56.8 34.6 330 60.8 59.8 125 Balkh 87.3 90.2 1,781 86.2 86.9 616 Sar-E-Pul 77.4 58.0 654 81.9 89.5 195 Ghor 32.2 61.2 715 52.6 77.8 322 Daykundi 14.3 52.8 329 24.4 31.3 77 Urozgan 58.8 32.5 230 13.2 13.2 92 Kandahar 49.1 53.2 2,227 47.0 46.7 874 Jawzjan 82.7 83.0 614 89.9 96.8 218 Faryab 45.3 79.3 2,114 67.3 97.9 706 Helmand 55.0 54.5 875 76.3 72.1 355 Badghis 27.0 20.9 650 75.9 74.6 231 Herat 51.9 78.4 2,316 79.9 96.6 863 Farah 49.5 52.0 777 55.1 62.9 295 Nimroz 71.3 75.6 278 82.1 88.6 93 Education No education 51.9 55.8 24,604 62.9 68.5 5,447 Primary 64.2 68.4 2,330 73.8 83.5 1,987 Secondary 61.9 75.0 1,971 74.6 84.0 2,632 More than secondary 67.4 75.8 556 83.6 92.0 695 Wealth quintile Lowest 51.4 55.4 5,904 60.3 73.0 2,029 Second 50.0 54.1 6,001 66.0 73.3 2,233 Middle 48.5 51.0 5,888 69.0 71.5 2,160 Fourth 55.7 63.3 6,010 70.6 78.5 2,260 Highest 64.2 68.8 5,657 79.7 86.8 2,078 Total 53.9 58.5 29,461 69.1 76.6 10,760 1 Estimates for Zabul are not presented separately due to sample coverage issues; however, they are included in the total national estimates. 234 • HIVAIDS-related Knowledge, Attitudes, and Behavior