But their safe-sex behaviors are out of sync with their knowledge
November 30, 2011
While the vast majority of residents across 19 sub-Saharan African countries know how to prevent HIV/AIDS, their reported use of condoms is much lower, including in countries with high HIV rates.
Links between circumcision and preventing HIV increase with education
October 19, 2010
Belief that all men should be circumcised and that male circumcision reduces the risk of being infected with HIV/AIDS is relatively high in several sub-Saharan African countries with low reported circumcision rates. Such awareness increases with education.
Rwandans, Burundians, Ugandans receptive; Kenyans, Tanzanians more skeptical
September 14, 2010
The East African Community's next goal -- creating a common currency by 2012 -- gets mixed support in the economic union's five partner states. Most Ugandans, Burundians, and Rwandans think a single currency is a good idea, but Tanzanians are divided, and a majority of Kenyans think it is a bad idea.
Prevalent in countries with violence in recent past
September 2, 2010
Majorities in nearly all 18 sub-Saharan African countries surveyed in 2009 say rape is a major problem in their countries, underscoring the extent to which the issue plagues the subcontinent.
More than half of those surveyed across 18 sub-Saharan African countries say they personally believe in witchcraft. Their evaluative wellbeing is lower than that of those who do not believe.
Slightly more than one-third of sub-Saharan Africans say they are aware of microfinance institutions in their communities, while more than 4 in 10 say they have heard of these institutions but that they are not available in their communities. Roughly one in five say they have never heard of microfinance institutions.
Kenyans, Tanzanians less likely to think moving freely for work is a good idea
July 1, 2010
Services, capital, and labor should move more freely when the East African Community (EAC) common market opens Thursday, but people will still need permits to work in most of the five partner states. Gallup surveys last year show the idea of moving freely for work within the EAC is popular in all countries.
Optimism about local economic conditions highest in China post-crisis
June 29, 2010
Across the 117 countries Gallup surveyed in 2009, the countries where at least half of residents said their local economies were getting better tended to be located in either Asia or the Middle East and North Africa.
Majority of sub-Saharan Africans would not consider formal lenders
June 11, 2010
Sub-Saharan Africans are more likely to turn to family members for money to start a business than they are to banks, microfinance institutions, or other sources. More than one-third say they would consider loans from banks and microfinance institutions.
Awareness of East African Community varies among members
May 19, 2010
With the East African Community poised to open a common market in a few months, Gallup surveys conducted last year reveal people in the five member countries are not unified on whether their countries stand to gain or lose from EAC membership.
