Socio-Economic Impact of HIV and AIDS in Tamil nadu

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Table 8.11 Distribution of respondents by exposure to media (in Percentages) Characteristics Rural Urban Total Male Female Male Female Male Female Listen to radio Daily/weekly 85.5 82.3 74.2 71.1 80.5 77 Occasionally/monthly 7.7 12.4 20.2 22.4 13.2 16.9 Never 6.7 5.3 5.6 6.6 6.3 5.9 Watch TV Daily/weekly 90.7 84.9 88.7 93.1 89.8 88.8 Occasionally/monthly 6.7 10 8.9 5.3 7.7 7.8 Never 2.6 5 2.4 1.6 2.5 3.4 Go to cinema Weekly/daily 6.7 6.2 8.1 7.9 7.3 7 Monthly 23.5 17.1 17.7 13.8 20.9 56.4 Occasionally 53.4 54.6 58.1 58.5 55.5 21 Never 16.4 22.1 16.1 19.7 16.3 15.5 Read newspaper/magazines Daily 44.1 20.3 51.2 22.7 47.2 21.5 Weekly/monthly 10.3 7.4 6.4 6.2 8.6 6.8 Occasionally 35.7 50.4 27 35.2 31.8 43.2 Never 10 21.8 15.3 35.9 12.3 28.5 Total 100 100 100 100 100 100 8.7.1 Knowledge about modes of transmission Table 8.12 presents percentage distribution of respondents according to their knowledge about the various modes of transmission. More than 50 percent of women and about 75 percent of men could mention all the right modes of transmission of HIV, which includes sexual contact, sharing a needle with an infected person, transfusion of infected blood and transmission from mother to child. It a p p e a r s t h a t m e n a re m o re knowledgeable than women regarding the right modes of transmission of the virus. There is, however, no urban/rural divide. However, the percentage of respondents not knowing even a single mode of transmission is almost negligible. Although a fairly high percentage of respondents knew the various modes of transmission, many of them also had misconceptions about the modes of transmission. Such myths and misconceptions accentuate the stigma and discrimination against HIV infected persons. Many of them seem to have a misconception that sharing shaving kits and razors (40%) as also mosquito bites (27%) could spread AIDS. A few of believe that hugging and kissing a PLWHA or sharing food and utensils and touching or shaking hands with PLWHA could infect them as well. 118 Socio-Economic Impact of HIV and AIDS in Tamil Nadu, India
Table 8.12 Distribution of respondents according to their knowledge about mode of transmission of HIV and AIDS (in Percentages) Characteristics Rural Urban Total Male Female Male Female Male Female Reporting right mode of transmission All modes 73.9 58.4 73.4 52 73.7 55.4 Some modes 24.8 37.8 25.4 46.7 25.1 42 Not at all 0.3 0.9 1.2 0.7 0.7 0.8 Others 1 2.9 -- 0.7 0.5 1.9 People who had misconception that HIV and AIDS can spread through Hugging/kissing AIDS 14.2 10 10.2 5.7 12.5 8.2 Sharing food/utensils 6.7 6.8 6.2 5.7 6.5 6.4 Mosquito bite 24.8 24.6 29 31.2 26.6 27.4 Touching/shaking hands 4.4 5.2 4.2 7.2 4.3 6.1 Sharing toilet 11.1 13.8 8.2 8.5 9.9 11.6 Sharing shaving kits/razors 38.9 39.5 42.1 41.5 40.2 40.3 Who have heard of any other disease 49.2 42.2 64.1 37.5 55.8 40 transmitted through sexual contact Who know that a person suffering from STI has greater chance of getting HIV and AIDS 47 35.7 65.3 32.9 55.1 34.4 As compared to women, men seem to know more about sexually transmitted infections. While more than 50 percent of the male respondents knew about STI, only 40 percent of women seem to have knowledge about this infection. A similar percentage of men and of women knew that a person suffering from STI has greater chances of getting HIV and AIDS. The knowledge about STI seems to be more among urban men and rural women as compared to rural men and urban women. Knowledge and awareness about condom assumes significance in the context of avoiding the spread of HIV infection. Unprotected sex with multiple partners and non-regular partners is an important mode of HIV transmission. In the present study, an equal percentage of men and women (49%) reported being aware of the uses of condoms in preventing pregnancy. While a higher percentage of men were aware that it could be used for HIV and AIDS prevention, a higher percentage of women knew that it could be used for prevention of STIs. However, on the whole, the level of knowledge seems very low. The percentage of people who reported the use of condoms was low. This knowledge regarding usage of condom for preventing transmission of HIV and AIDS is higher among the rural population as compared to urban population. In spite of various efforts being taken to promote the use of condoms, only a small percentage i.e. one-third of men and nearly one-fourth of women seem to know that condoms can be used to prevent HIV and AIDS. Stigma and Discrimination 119
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Acknowledgements This report would
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CHAPTER 6 Impact of HIV and AIDS on
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Table 5.2 Average per capita per mo
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Table 8.2 Distribution of sample PL
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Executive Summary Introduction AIDS
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Tamil Nadu has been identified as o
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income class, it is seen that while
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