Introduction

The National Bureau of Statistics is in preparation to cunduct the 2007 HIV/AIDS Indicators Survey. The NBS will appreciate any comments and suggestions on the quesionnaires before the actual Survey. Download the Household Questionnaire and Individual Questionnaire for comments. Please, direct all comments to this@nbs.go.tz

Objectives

The objectives of the 2007 Tanzania HIV/AIDS and Malaria Indicator Survey (THIS) are to collect data on knowledge and behaviour regarding HIV/AIDS and malaria and to measure HIV prevalence among women and men age 15-49 and the presence of malaria parasites and anaemia among children aged 6-59 months (see box for key survey indicators). Most survey indicators will be produced separately for each of Tanzania's 26 regions. A related objective is to produce survey results in a timely manner and ensure that the data are disseminated to a wide audience of potential users in government and non-governmental organisations within and outside Tanzania.

HIV/AIDS Knowledge

• Awareness of means of HIV prevention among women and men (having 1 faithful partner, consistent use of condoms, abstinence)
• Rejection of misconceptions (getting HIV from mosquito bites, sharing food, people with HIV show signs)
• Knowledge of mother-to-child transmission of HIV
• Knowledge of anti-retroviral drugs

  HIV/AIDS Attitudes/Stigma

• HIV stigma (would buy vegetables from HIV+ vendor, would care for relative with AIDS, would not want to keep secret HIV infection of a family member and thinks HIV+ female teacher should continue teaching
• support for children age 12-14 being taught about using a condom to avoid AIDS
• Attitudes towards a wife's ability to refuse sex with her husband or ask to use condoms if she knows he has an STI

HIV/AIDS-Related Behaviour

• Median age at first sex
• Timing of most recent sex
• Number of partners in the past 12 months (according to marital status)
• Proportion of respondents age 15-24 who used a condom the first time they ever had sex
• Age mixing (proportion of women 15-19 who had non-marital sex with a man 10+ years older in past 12 months)
• Prevalence of higher-risk sex (non-marital, non-cohabiting partner) and condom use at last higher-risk sex #;
• Proportion of men who paid for sex in the past 12 months and who used a condom the last time
• Proportion who have been tested for HIV and received results
• Prevalence of HIV counseling and testing during antenatal care visit for recent pregnancy
• Proportion of men circumcised
• Number of injections in the previous 12 months (total and number from medical professional)
• Symptoms of sexually transmitted diseases and whether treatment sought

  HIV/AIDS Outcomes

• Proportion of children under age 18 who are orphaned
• Ratio of orphaned and non-orphaned children age 10-14 currently attending school
• HIV seroprevalence levels (from dried blood spots tested in central laboratory)

  Malaria

• Use of insecticide-treated mosquito nets among children under five and pregnant women
• Proportion of women who received intermittent preventive treatment for malaria during recent pregnancy
• Proportion of children under five with recent fever treated with timely, appropriate anti-malarial drugs
• Prevalence of malaria infection among children aged 6-59 months
• Prevalence of anaemia among children aged 6-59 months
  General
• Source of household drinking water; type of toilet facility; use of solid fuels
• Household socio-economic status (wealth quintile)
• Under-five mortality rate; infant mortality rate
• Education level attained by household population; primary completion rate