Table 1 Background characteristics and prevalence of knowledge of mother to child transmission of HIV and AIDS
Weighted sample | During pregnancy (%) | During delivery (%) | During breastfeeding (%) | At least one (%) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Prevalence | 87.01 | 81.10 | 80.3 | 91.4 | ||
Age | n | % | ||||
15–19 | 1343 | 17.1 | 80.68 | 72.6 | 85.1 | 85.08 |
20–24 | 1312 | 16.7 | 87.13 | 81.2 | 92.0 | 92.03 |
25–29 | 1337 | 17.0 | 89.82 | 82.8 | 93.8 | 93.79 |
30–34 | 1221 | 15.5 | 89.92 | 84.0 | 94.8 | 94.79 |
35–39 | 986 | 12.5 | 86.18 | 81.2 | 91.4 | 91.39 |
40–44 | 850 | 10.8 | 88.01 | 80.7 | 91.1 | 91.12 |
45–49 | 813 | 10.3 | 88.21 | 79.9 | 92.2 | 92.17 |
Employment | ||||||
Not working | 4943 | 62.9 | 85.93 | 79.46 | 79.79 | 90.08 |
Managerial | 625 | 8.0 | 92.35 | 86.20 | 81.12 | 96.73 |
Clerical | 510 | 6.5 | 87.06 | 84.95 | 79.21 | 92.67 |
Agricultural | 88 | 1.1 | 92.68 | 89.86 | 88.20 | 96.51 |
Home | 386 | 4.9 | 86.57 | 81.11 | 82.29 | 92.03 |
Services | 579 | 7.4 | 86.93 | 81.33 | 79.15 | 92.85 |
Manual | 730 | 9.3 | 89.26 | 83.92 | 82.25 | 92.88 |
Marital status | ||||||
Never married | 4600 | 58.5 | 85.60 | 78.77 | 79.46 | 90.20 |
Married | 1830 | 23.3 | 89.17 | 85.12 | 81.64 | 93.59 |
Cohabitation | 995 | 12.7 | 88.91 | 83.24 | 81.60 | 91.88 |
Widow/Divorced/Separated | 435 | 5.5 | 88.39 | 83.88 | 79.71 | 93.85 |
Education | ||||||
No education | 152 | 1.9 | 81.03 | 74.19 | 75.06 | 85.88 |
Primary | 704 | 9.0 | 83.08 | 77.24 | 77.57 | 86.21 |
Secondary | 6072 | 77.2 | 87.04 | 80.65 | 80.43 | 91.46 |
Higher | 934 | 11.9 | 90.74 | 88.02 | 81.98 | 95.87 |
Wealth | ||||||
Poorest | 1523 | 19.4 | 83.19 | 76.52 | 78.67 | 87.56 |
Poorer | 1569 | 20.0 | 86.15 | 79.68 | 81.08 | 90.85 |
Middle | 1666 | 21.2 | 85.61 | 80.99 | 79.49 | 90.65 |
Richer | 1660 | 21.1 | 89.88 | 84.14 | 82.22 | 93.15 |
Richest | 1444 | 18.4 | 90.27 | 84.11 | 79.65 | 94.94 |
Parity | ||||||
0 | 2197 | 28.0 | 82.52 | 72.15 | 75.08 | 87.67 |
1 | 1902 | 24.2 | 89.32 | 83.42 | 82.30 | 93.23 |
2 | 1825 | 23.2 | 89.67 | 86.93 | 83.65 | 94.07 |
3 | 1092 | 13.9 | 87.46 | 83.09 | 80.99 | 91.61 |
4 and above | 845 | 10.8 | 87.13 | 83.97 | 80.80 | 90.99 |
Region | ||||||
Western cape | 903 | 11.5 | 86.33 | 78.27 | 65.12 | 92.02 |
Eastern Cape | 907 | 11.5 | 77.92 | 71.17 | 73.23 | 85.62 |
Northern Cape | 155 | 2.0 | 82.71 | 71.89 | 78.01 | 89.02 |
Free state | 420 | 5.3 | 87.85 | 81.65 | 81.06 | 90.97 |
Kwazulu-Natal | 1484 | 18.9 | 88.80 | 87.05 | 84.97 | 91.22 |
Northwest | 551 | 7.0 | 91.24 | 79.16 | 80.52 | 95.55 |
Gauteng | 2078 | 26.4 | 92.00 | 88.68 | 88.64 | 95.04 |
Mpumalanga | 633 | 8.1 | 79.25 | 70.05 | 71.25 | 84.12 |
Limpopo | 731 | 9.3 | 85.25 | 75.96 | 81.84 | 91.80 |
Residence | ||||||
Urban | 5295 | 67.4 | 89.16 | 84.01 | 81.71 | 93.22 |
Rural | 2566 | 32.6 | 82.56 | 75.10 | 77.24 | 87.66 |
Reading newspaper/magazine | ||||||
Not at all | 2772 | 35.3 | 83.78 | 77.16 | 78.68 | 88.16 |
Less than once a week | 1952 | 24.8 | 88.91 | 82.71 | 81.76 | 92.89 |
At least once a week | 3137 | 39.9 | 88.68 | 83.57 | 80.71 | 93.35 |
Frequency of watching TV | ||||||
Not at all | 2321 | 29.5 | 84.96 | 78.41 | 78.56 | 88.91 |
Less than once a week | 1224 | 15.6 | 87.81 | 81.78 | 81.38 | 92.10 |
At least once a week | 4317 | 54.9 | 87.88 | 82.35 | 80.85 | 92.55 |
Frequency of listening to radio | ||||||
Not at all | 1331 | 16.9 | 83.92 | 80.67 | 81.37 | 88.29 |
Less than once a week | 732 | 9.3 | 91.83 | 84.93 | 83.42 | 94.86 |
At least once a week | 5798 | 73.8 | 87.11 | 80.71 | 79.60 | 91.68 |