UNAIDS General Population Survey

This prevention indicators survey is a national sample survey designed to provide information on topics explicitly related to HIV/AIDs. The survey will involve interviewing a randomly selected group of men and women (or respondents) who are between 15 and 49 years of age. These respondents will be asked questions about their background, knowledge of HIV/AIDS, sexual behavior, marriage and partnerships, exposure to HIV/AIDS interventions, attitudes towards people with HIV/AIDS, and other issues of relevance to the impact of HIV/AIDS on households and communities. A few years ago, many thought it would be difficult to interview people about sexual activity. In practice, however, experience indicates that most people felt fairly comfortable talking to interviewers about sex and other "sensitive" topics.

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Indicators

• Stigma and Discrimination
  • Accepting attitudes toward HIV+ people

• Knowledge
  • Knowledge of HIV prevention
  • No incorrect beliefs about HIV
  • Knowledge that MTCT can be prevented

• Voluntary Counselling and Testing
  • People who requested test and received results

• Mother to Child Transmission
  • Pregnant women counselled and tested

• Sexual Negotiation Indicators
  • Women's ability to negotiate safe sex

• Sexual Behaviour
  • Higher risk sex in the last year
  • Condom use at last higher risk sex
  • Commercial sex in last year
  • Condom use by clients at last paid sex

• Young People's Sexual Behaviour
  • Median age at first sex
  • Young people having premarital sex
  • Condom use at last premarital sex
  • Young people with multiple partners
  • Condom use at last higher risk sex
  • Condom use at first sex
  • Age-mixing in sexual relationships

• Care and Support
  • Households helped with care of young adults
  • Households helped with care of orphans

• Impact
  • Prevalence of orphanhood
  • Schooling of orphans