Table 3. Awareness of AIDS Among Women
Percentage of Women Who Have Heard of AIDS,
by Women's Characteristicsa, 1993-2002
Region, Country
& Year		 All Women Residence Highest Educational Level
Urban Rural No Education Some Primary Secondary or Higher
SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA
Benin 2001 96 97 94 94 98 100
Burkina Faso 1998-99 87 99 85 86 96 100
Cameroon 1998 90 97 86 71 95 100
Cape Verde 1998 99 100 98 98 99 100
Central African Rep. 1994-95 93 98 89 89 97 100
Chad 1996-97 60 87 52 51 89 100
Comoros 1996 98 99 97 96 99 100
Côte d'Ivoire 1998-99 97 99 95 94 100 100
Eritrea 2002 96 99 94 93 100 100
Ethiopia 2000 85 97 82 81 96 100
Gabon 2000 98 99 94 86 96 100
Ghana 1998 97 99 95 90 99 100
Guinea 1999 95 99 93 94 99 100
Kenya 1998 99 100 99 95 100 100
Madagascar 1997 69 87 62 40 67 95
Malawi 2000 99 100 99 98 99 100
Mali 2001 90 97 88 88 97 100
Mozambique 1997 82 96 78 74 88 97
Niger 1998 55 94 45 49 80 98
Rwanda 2000 100 100 100 99 100 100
Senegal 1997 92 99 86 88 98 100
South Africa 1998 97 98 95 90 94 98
Tanzania 1999 97 100 96 91 99 100
Togo 1998 96 99 94 92 98 100
Uganda 1995 99 100 99 98 99 100
Zambia 2001-02 99 100 99 98 99 100
Zimbabwe 1999 97 98 96 91 94 99
NEAR EAST & NORTH AFRICA
Jordan 1997 98 99 93 86 97 100
Mauritania 2000-01 76 93 63 62 83 82
Turkey 1998 84 90 72 50 86 100
ASIA
Bangladesh 1999/2000 31 64 23 12 27 68
Cambodia 2000 95 98 94 91 96 98
India 1998-99 40 70 30 17 46 80
Indonesia 1997 52 77 42 14 43 88
Nepal 2001 50 80 46 36 74 95
Vietnam 1997 91 97 89 54 84 97
LATIN AMERICA & CARIBBEAN
Belize 1991 97 100 92 NA NA NA
Belize 1999 95 99 91 NA 88 97
Bolivia 1998 79 93 44 30 61 96
Brazil 1996 100 100 98 98 99 100
Colombia 2000 99 99 96 91 97 100
Dominican Rep. 1996 100 100 99 97 100 100
Ecuador 1999 90 97 79 52 83 98
El Salvador 1998 91 NA NA 79 88 98
El Salvador 2002 98 100 96 90 95 99
Guatemala 1995 71 89 57 41 75 99
Guatemala 2002 86 94 80 65 88 100
Haiti 2000 49 50 49 48 50 50
Honduras 1996 98 100 97 95 98 100
Honduras 2001 99 100 99 97 99 100
Jamaica 1993 94 96 93 -------------89---------- 95
Nicaragua 2001 93 97 85 76 92 99
Peru 2000 87 97 65 39 71 98
Puerto Rico 1996 100 NA NA NA NA NA
EASTERN EUROPE & CENTRAL ASIA
Albania 2002 96 98 94 NA 93 99
Armenia 2000 94 97 91 NA 80 96
Azerbaijan 2001 74 85 61 NA NA 80
Czech Rep. 1993 100 100 100 NA NA NA
Georgia 1999 93 99 87 ------------76b--------- 97
Kazakhstan 1999 98 99 96 NA 95 99
Moldova 1997 99 100 99 ------------98b---------- 100
Romania 1999 100 100 99 ------------98b---------- 100
Turkmenistan 2000 73 80 67 NA 67 91
a Data by women's age are not shown due to small variations between age groups.
b Incomplete secondary or less
NA = Not available