Proportion of respondents with correct knowledge or awareness of HIV-related knowledge indicators in each knowledge domain
| Knowledge area | Nigerian Demographic and Health Survey HIV-related knowledge question | N correct or N aware (valid %) |
| General HIV-related knowledge | Has heard of AIDS* (n=56 285) | 52 509 (93.3) |
| A healthy looking person can have HIV (n=52 155) | 39 470 (81.3) | |
| Knows a place to get HIV testing* (n=52 434) | 36 136 (68.9) | |
| Knowledge of HIV risk reduction | To reduce the risk of getting HIV: have one sex partner only, who has no other partners (n=52 428) | 44 817 (85.5) |
| To reduce the risk of getting HIV: always use condoms during sex (n=52 399) | 35 353 (67.5) | |
| Knows a source for condoms* (n=56 122) | 32 471 (57.9) | |
| Knowledge of modes of transmission | Can contract HIV from mosquito bite (n=52 472) | 36 975 (70.5) |
| Can contract HIV by sharing food with person who has AIDS (n=52 420) | 42 620 (81.3) | |
| Can contract HIV by witchcraft or supernatural means (n=52 374) | 36 328 (69.4) | |
| Knowledge of mother-to-child transmission | HIV can be transmitted during pregnancy (n=52 482) | 30 673 (58.4) |
| HIV can be transmitted during delivery (n=52 472) | 30 547 (58.2) | |
| HIV can be transmitted by breast feeding (n=52 476) | 36 221 (69.0) |
*Questions indicating awareness rather than knowledge, and coded accordingly (see Methods section).