9 out of ten women and men aged 15-49 in RA have heard about AIDS. Women and men in Gegharkunik heard the least about AIDS (50 and 69 percent, respectively). 

72 percent of women and 73 percent of men aged 15-49 know that the risk of contracting HIV can be reduced by using condoms and having only one uninfected partner. Knowledge of HIV prevention methods increases with education. This is stated in the “Research on Demographics and Health Issues 2015-16″ published by the RA National Statistical Service. main results” in the report.

Less than 1 percent of women and 5 percent of men had two or more sexual partners in the past 12 months. 62 percent of men with multiple sexual partners used a condom during their last sexual intercourse. The average number of sexual partners a woman has during her lifetime is 1.1. and the average number for men is 4.0.

More than a quarter of the men surveyed had ever paid for sex, and 10 percent had paid in the past 12 months. 84 percent of men who paid for sex in the last 12 months used a condom during the last such incident.

The research was conducted through a nationally representative sample, within which
6,116 women aged 15-49 in all sampled households and of all sampled households
in half, 2,755 men aged 15-49 participated in the interview. That is, among women’s responses
the proportion is 98 percent, and among men it is 97 percent. The 2015-16 sample of HJAH provides
calculation of indicators at the national and regional level, including Yerevan, and urban and rural
for settlements.