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Table 14.4.2 Accepting attitudes toward those living with HIV/AIDS: Men<br />

Among men age 15-49 who have heard <strong>of</strong> HIV/AIDS, percentage expressing specific accepting attitudes toward people with HIV/AIDS, by<br />

background characteristics, <strong>Timor</strong>-<strong>Leste</strong> <strong>2009</strong>-<strong>10</strong><br />

Background<br />

characteristic<br />

Are willing to care<br />

for a family<br />

member sick with<br />

AIDS in the<br />

respondent’s home<br />

188 | HIV/AIDS-Related Knowledge, Attitudes, <strong>and</strong> Behavior<br />

Percentage <strong>of</strong> men who:<br />

Would buy fresh<br />

vegetables from<br />

shopkeeper who<br />

has the AIDS virus<br />

Say that a female<br />

teacher with the<br />

AIDS virus <strong>and</strong> is<br />

not sick should be<br />

allowed to<br />

continue teaching<br />

Would not want to<br />

keep secret that a<br />

family member got<br />

infected with the<br />

AIDS virus<br />

Percentage<br />

expressing<br />

acceptance<br />

attitudes on all<br />

four indicators<br />

Number <strong>of</strong><br />

men who have<br />

heard <strong>of</strong> AIDS<br />

Age<br />

15-24 25.4 22.6 28.6 85.9 2.7 1,024<br />

15-19 24.9 21.5 26.8 83.8 2.2 564<br />

20-24 26.1 24.0 30.7 88.5 3.2 460<br />

25-29 27.7 27.0 31.1 87.2 4.1 414<br />

30-39 25.2 18.3 26.9 88.3 3.8 611<br />

40-49<br />

Marital status<br />

29.0 20.0 24.3 89.1 3.7 425<br />

Never married 25.4 22.3 29.0 86.9 2.8 1,198<br />

Ever had sex 33.8 19.0 35.2 92.4 5.3 453<br />

Never had sex 20.3 24.3 25.2 83.5 1.3 745<br />

Married/living together<br />

Divorced/separated/<br />

27.3 21.2 26.4 87.6 3.9 1,254<br />

widowed<br />

Residence<br />

* * * * * 22<br />

Urban 20.1 14.8 25.3 83.3 2.4 938<br />

Rural<br />

District<br />

30.2 26.2 29.4 89.7 3.9 1,536<br />

Aileu 60.0 49.0 44.7 84.5 30.1 96<br />

Ainaro 15.5 54.5 58.2 98.6 4.8 <strong>10</strong>1<br />

Baucau 2.6 17.4 3.8 97.4 0.0 267<br />

Bobonaro 23.5 37.8 18.3 69.3 1.4 220<br />

Covalima 0.3 5.4 3.9 99.5 0.0 183<br />

Dili 14.6 11.5 22.0 83.6 2.1 740<br />

Ermera 3.5 60.7 6.4 92.9 0.0 <strong>10</strong>2<br />

Lautem 12.9 17.4 36.7 95.6 1.5 179<br />

Liquiçá 37.5 33.1 42.9 92.5 2.3 133<br />

Manatuto 96.3 4.0 60.1 99.7 3.7 187<br />

Manufahi 86.5 49.4 73.9 11.7 0.0 63<br />

Oecussi 77.3 29.1 36.5 94.6 15.0 120<br />

Viqueque<br />

Education<br />

8.5 3.9 41.5 84.4 0.0 83<br />

No education 36.9 15.6 25.2 78.7 1.5 175<br />

Primary 33.5 19.1 24.6 87.7 2.5 458<br />

Secondary 23.6 23.3 27.8 87.9 3.5 1,611<br />

More than secondary<br />

Wealth quintile<br />

23.2 21.8 36.4 88.7 5.4 230<br />

Lowest 35.1 17.6 26.2 89.8 2.6 257<br />

Second 26.2 30.6 29.7 86.8 4.6 346<br />

Middle 29.4 25.5 29.2 91.6 3.3 430<br />

Fourth 28.0 25.2 28.5 84.9 2.6 583<br />

Highest 21.2 15.4 26.4 86.2 3.6 858<br />

Total 15-49 26.4 21.8 27.8 87.3 3.4 2,474<br />

Note: An asterisk indicates that a figure is based on fewer than 25 unweighted cases <strong>and</strong> has been suppressed.<br />

Among those who have heard <strong>of</strong> AIDS, twice as many women as men (55 percent <strong>and</strong> 26<br />

percent, respectively) state that they would be willing to care for a family member with AIDS in their<br />

home. Eighty-four percent <strong>of</strong> women <strong>and</strong> 87 percent <strong>of</strong> men say that they would not want to keep<br />

secret that a family member was infected with HIV, while 44 percent <strong>of</strong> women <strong>and</strong> 28 percent <strong>of</strong><br />

men say that an HIV-positive female teacher should be allowed to continue teaching. A relatively<br />

lower proportion <strong>of</strong> women <strong>and</strong> men (34 percent <strong>and</strong> 22 percent, respectively) say they would buy<br />

fresh vegetables from a shopkeeper with AIDS. The percentage expressing accepting attitudes on all<br />

four measures is low: 11 percent among women <strong>and</strong> 3 percent among men.<br />

Stigma <strong>and</strong> attitudes associated with HIV <strong>and</strong> AIDS differ by respondents’ background<br />

characteristics. There are small differentials in the percentage expressing accepting attitudes toward<br />

those living with HIV/AIDS by age <strong>and</strong> marital status with one notable exception. Never-married men<br />

who have ever had sex are relatively more likely to express accepting attitudes towards people living<br />

with HIV or AIDS. Accepting attitudes are higher among women in urban areas than women in rural<br />

areas, but this trend is reversed among men. Exhibiting accepting attitudes towards people living with

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