Socio-Economic Impact of HIV and AIDS in Tamil nadu

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3.2 Profile of sample PLWHA As expected, most of the sample PLWHA is in the age group of 20 to 40 years (Table 3.6). In fact, the majority of men (56%) are in the age group of 30-40 years, while the majority of women (60%) are in the lower age group of 20-30 years. While more than 75 percent of the men are currently married, in the case of women this percentage is lower at 48 percent. What is significant is that while only 7 percent of men are separated or are widowers, 45 percent of women are separated, abandoned or widowed. As expected, the percentage of unmarried women is less than the percentage of unmarried men. The level of education of the sample PLWHA is also quite low as 19 percent of men and 27 percent of women are Table 3.6 Profile of sample PLWHA (in Percentages) Male Female Age ≤20 7.1 6.7 20-30 16.8 60 31-40 56.2 27.1 >40 19.9 6.3 Marital status Currently married 75.8 47.6 Separated/divorced/abandoned 3.7 6.7 Widowed 3.4 38.4 Unmarried 17.2 7.1 Education Illiterate 19.2 27.4 Upto primary 18.5 17.3 Upto middle 26.6 23.1 High school 21.9 20.4 Senior secondary 6.1 6.7 Graduate/diploma 7.7 5.1 N (Number of households) 297 255 illiterate. There are very few persons in the sample who have studied beyond high school level. The percentage of illiteracy is higher among women, and generally, at every level of education, the percentage of women is less than that of men. In Table 3.7 the pattern of occupation of the sample PLWHA at the time of the survey is compared with the occupation pattern at the time when these people were detected HIV-positive. The purpose of this table is to see whether there has been any change in the pattern of occupation of the sample population as a result of their HIV status. While it is seen that in case of both HIV-positive men and women the percentage under any category of current occupation is less than the corresponding figure at time of detection of their status, the striking observation is the one regarding the percentage that is currently unemployed. While only 1.1 percent of HIV-positive men were unemployed at the time of detection of their status, the percentage has now gone upto 16.7 percent. Similarly, in the case of women, it has more than doubled, from 2.4 percent to 5.3 percent. Further, the percentage of women as housewives has increased from 25.8 percent to the current 27.7 percent. These clearly indicate that while there is some marginal change in the occupation of the PLWHA after discovery of their HIVpositive status, loss of employment for many seems to be the bigger problem. The sample is generally spread over all occupations, the highest percentage among men being transport workers (18.6%). Among women, the salaried (16.8%) form the highest percentage. While nearly 17 percent of the HIVpositive men are currently unemployed, nearly 33 percent of the HIV-positive women in the sample are not engaged in any income earning activity. 26 Socio-Economic Impact of HIV and AIDS in Tamil Nadu, India
Table 3.7 Current and the past occupation of the sample PLWHA Current occupation (in Percentages) Occupation at the time of detecting HIV status Male Female Male Female Cultivation 5.2 8.6 6.7 9.6 Agri. wage labour 12.3 12.4 14.4 16.7 Construction worker 6.7 2.4 7.8 2.4 Other non-agricultural labour 11.9 13.9 16 14.3 Salaried 14.9 16.8 15.2 15.3 Trade/business 7.4 1.4 7.8 2.4 Artisan/self-employed 6.3 8.6 8.6 8.6 Transport workers 18.6 -- 22.3 -- Income from, pension, rent, interest, dividend etc -- -- -- -- Domestic servant -- 2.9 -- 2.4 House wife -- 27.7 -- 25.8 Student -- -- -- -- Unemployed 16.7 5.3 1.1 2.4 Others -- -- -- -- Total 100 100 100 100 N (Number of households) 269 209 269 209 Profile of Sample Households and PLWHA 27
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Annual household income (Rs) Age 6-
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Impact of HIV and AIDS on Health
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7.1.2 Prevalence rates of illnesses
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Stigma and Discrimination, Knowledg
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provide supportive environment for
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minimal risk of contracting the inf
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Conclusion and Policy Implications
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also reluctant to divulge their sta
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Annexures Annexure I Summary of foc
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Discrimination at workplace Many of
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Box 2 Case Study 2: From riches to
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