Socio-Economic Impact of HIV and AIDS in Tamil nadu

households have come down. However,
while the current enrolment rate for non-
HIV households has come down from
100 percent to 86.6 percent for both boys
and girls, in HIV households the current
enrolment rates for boys has come down
to 76.7 percent; but it has reduced to
nearly half (51.7%) in the case of girls. The
table clearly indicates that while most of
the children from HIV households are
enrolled in schools, the continuation of
their studies is affected, more so for the
girls and especially in the age group of
15-18 years.
6.2 Dropout rates and
number of years of schooling
Two observations are evident from Table
6.2. Firstly, the dropout rates are lower for
the non-HIV households as compared to
HIV households. While the dropout rate
for the children of HIV households is 4.8
percent, the rate is lower, at 0.8 percent,
for the children belonging to non-HIV
households with reference to the age
group of 6-14 years.
The difference is more pronounced in
children belonging to the age group of
15-18 years. While the dropout rate for
children from HIV households is 35.6
percent, it is 12.5 percent for children
from non-HIV households.
Secondly, in non-HIV households the
dropout rate for girls is slightly lower
than that for boys in the age group of
6-14 years and the reverse is true in the
age group of 15-18 years. However, in
the case of HIV households, the dropout
rates are higher for girls in both age
groups. Interestingly, the average number
of years of schooling completed by the
children who had dropped out of school
has worked out to be more or less the
same for the children of HIV and non-HIV
households.
6.3 Ever and current
enrolment rates by
household income
There is no clear trend as regards ever
enrolment rates for children in the age
The average
number of years
of schooling
completed by the
children who had
dropped out of
school has worked
out to be more
or less the same
for the children of
HIV and non-HIV
households
Table 6.2
Dropout rates and number of years of schooling completed by dropout children
(in Percentages)
Age 6-14 years Boys Girls Total F/M
Percentage of children who have dropped out of school
HIV households 2.8 6.7 4.8 2.39
Non-HIV households 1.2 0.3 0.8 0.25
Average number of years of schooling completed by dropouts
HIV households 4.8 4.4 4.5 0.92
Non-HIV households 5.0 3.0 4.6 0.60
Age 15-18 years
Percentage of children who have dropped put of school
HIV households 23.3 48.3 35.6 2.07
Non-HIV households 13.4 11.5 12.5 0.86
Average number of years of schooling completed by dropouts
HIV households 7.3 7.7 7.6 1.05
Non-HIV households 8.0 7.7 7.8 0.96
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