Socio-Economic Impact of HIV and AIDS in Tamil nadu

A very stark contrast is seen in the
rate of savings of HIV households and
non-HIV households. While the rate of
savings for the BPL in HIV households is
-28.70, it is 0.81 for the BPL in non-HIV
households. The rate of savings for the
APL in HIV households is 0.11, while it is
9.20 in non-HIV households. The below
poverty line HIV households in the rural
category seem to be the worst hit with a
rate of savings of -44.5 percent. However,
in the urban HIV households, the rate of
savings of both APL and BPL households
is negative.
Table 5.16 presents the share of the
poor in the total population in terms
of consumption poverty. Here again, it
is seen that the head count ratio of HIV
households (16.38) is much higher than
that of non-HIV households (9.82). It is
seen that the per capita expenditure of
HIV households is slightly more than
that of non-HIV households. However,
Table 5.16
Consumption poverty in the sample
Non-HIV households
Poverty
Percent share in
No. of Per capita Family
group Households Income Population households expd size
BPL 7.23 3.72 8.41 87 5,078 4.77
APL 92.77 96.28 91.59 1,116 11,495 4.05
Total 100 100 100 1,203 10,956 4.10
Rural
BPL 2.46 1.35 3.05 16 3,843 5.06
APL 97.54 98.65 96.95 634 9,785 4.07
Total 100 100 100 650 9,604 4.09
Urban
BPL 12.84 5.72 14.66 71 5,377 4.70
APL 87.16 94.28 85.34 482 13,764 4.03
Total 100 100 100 553 12,535 4.12
HIV households
Poverty
group
Percent share in
Households Income Population
No. of
households
Per
capita
expd
Family
size
BPL 13.90 5.36 16.38 57 3,785 4.37
APL 86.10 94.64 83.62 353 13,587 3.60
Total 100 100 100 410 11,981 3.71
Rural
BPL 9.42 4.34 12.02 21 2,956 4.67
APL 90.58 95.66 87.98 202 10,649 3.55
Total 100 100 100 223 9,724 3.65
Urban
BPL 19.25 6.05 21.42 36 4,324 4.19
APL 80.75 93.95 78.58 151 17,389 3.67
Total 100 100 100 187 14,591 3.77
Impact on the Level and Pattern of Consumption and Savings of the Households
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