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9.4 Impact of HIV and AIDS on the education of girls 165
9.5 Gender differences in stigma and discrimination 166
9.6 Gender differences in knowledge and awareness about HIV and AIDS
and attitude towards PLWHA 168
9.7 The status of HIV-positive widows 169
9.8 Observations 171
CHAPTER 10
Conclusion and policy implications
10.1 Policy recommendations 178
References 181
List of tables
Table 1.1 Global summary of the AIDS epidemic, December 2005 3
Table 1.2 HIV prevalence rates for high-prevalence states-2005 9
Table 1.3 AIDS cases in India (Reported by NACO)
(From 1986 to 31 July 2005) 10
Table 2.1 Districts selected for conducting the survey 18
Table 2.2 Distribution of sample HIV households by place of interview 19
Table 2.3 State-wise distribution of sample HIV households 21
Table 3.1 Distribution of head of sample households by caste 27
Table 3.2 Occupation and level of education of head of the households 28
Table 3.3 Distribution of sample households by
household income categories 29
Table 3.4 Distribution of sample households by the
availability of basic amenities 30
Table 3.5 Distribution of sample households by
ownership of assets and other consumer durables 31
Table 3.6 Profile of sample PLWHA 32
Table 3.7 Current and the past occupation of the sample
PLWHA 33
Table 4.1 Distribution of sample households,
population and income by occupation 38
Table 4.2 Distribution of households and their share
in income by income categories in the sample 39
Table 4.3 Average household and per capita annual income by
occupational categories in the sample 40
Table 4.4 Households by number of earners and
annual household income in the sample 41
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