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Advance
Data From Vital and Health Statistics |
AIDS Knowledge and Attitudes for 1992
Advance Data 243. This report shows that in 1992 levels of knowledge about the major modes of human immunodeficiency virus, (HIV) transmission remained high in all sociodemographic groups examined. Knowledge about other aspects of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) was more variable with older and less educated adults generally being less knowledgeable.
Data Highlights:
An increase from 86 to 95
percent in the proportion who had heard the AIDS virus referred to as "HIV"
An increase from 15 to 22 percent in
the proportion of young adults (18-29 years of age) who planned to be tested in the next
year
An increase from 13 to 17 percent in
the proportion of adults who had a friend, relative, or coworker with AIDS
An increase from 69 to 75 percent in
the proportion of parents of 10-17 year-olds who had ever discussed AIDS with their
children
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This page last reviewed
January 11, 2007
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