Pengetahuan Perempuan Indonesia Tentang HIV/AIDS

Lilik Iswanto

doi:10.22146/jp.27030

Pengetahuan Perempuan Indonesia Tentang HIV/AIDS

https://doi.org/10.22146/jp.27030

Lilik Iswanto^(1*)

(1) Center for Population and Policy Studies, Universitas Gadjah Mada
(*) Corresponding Author

Abstract

HIV/AIDS is a serious health problem in the world, including in Indonesia. It has a huge impact in economic, social and political aspects. There fore research regarding the knowledge of HIV/AIDS become important. This paper explores women’s knowledge of HIV/AIDS in Indonesua using secondary data from Indonesia Demographic and Health Survey (IDHS) 2007. In measuring the knowledge indicator used such as have you ever heard about HIV/AIDS, knowledge of the transmission abd HIV/AIDS prevention. Statistic descriptive, composit and binary logistic were using to answer the research problem. The result shows that women’s knowledge in HIV/AIDS is fairly good. The main factor which influence women’s knowledge of HIV/AIDS is their level of education along with their spouse. Women who have finished their education in senior high has twice better knowledge on HIV/AIDS compared to those who did not finish.

Keywords

HIV/AIDS, women’s knowledge, education level

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.22146/jp.27030