Vietnam Population and AIDS Indicator Survey 2005 ... - Measure DHS

and men) who reported that the HIV status of a family member infected with HIV should be kept secret
would be motivated to maintain secrecy primarily out of fear that the family member would be
stigmatized as a result of their HIV status.
Only 5 in 10 women and 6 in 10 men who have heard of AIDS report that they would buy fresh
vegetables from a vendor if they knew that he/she is HIV-positive. And about 6 in 10 feel that a female
teacher who has the AIDS virus but is not sick should be allowed to continue teaching in school.
Table 5.1.1 Accepting attitudes towards those living with HIV: women
Among women age 15-49 who have heard of HIV/AIDS, percentage expressing accepting attitudes toward people with HIV, by background
characteristics, Vietnam 2005
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Percentage of women who:
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Would buy Believe Believe Number
Are willing fresh HIV-positive HIV-positive Percentage of
to care vegetables female teacher status of a family expressing women
for a family from should be member does accepting who have
Background member with shopkeeper allowed to not need to attitudes on all heard of
characteristic HIV at home with AIDS keep teaching remain a secret four measures 1 HIV/AIDS
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Age
15-24 92.7 58.0 62.1 49.9 27.3 2,267
15-19 92.3 57.7 65.3 51.0 28.6 1,232
20-24 93.2 58.4 58.2 48.6 25.8 1,035
25-29 94.0 54.0 57.5 47.1 23.3 903
30-39 93.0 49.9 53.4 49.9 22.0 1,830
40-49 92.1 43.8 48.5 52.4 18.4 1,742
Education
Never attended school 86.7 19.3 23.7 39.8 3.5 199
Primary 89.2 27.1 32.6 44.0 8.1 1,348
Secondary 93.4 55.9 59.8 51.9 25.4 4,501
More than secondary 97.5 80.1 82.5 53.6 42.2 695
Marital status
Never married 92.1 59.4 63.2 49.7 28.6 2,060
Ever had sex * * * * * 28
Never had sex 92.1 59.4 63.2 49.8 28.7 2,031
Married/living together 93.1 48.5 52.9 50.3 21.2 4,401
Divorced/separated/widowed 93.1 43.3 42.0 52.1 10.3 282
Wealth quintile
Lowest 92.0 30.4 36.0 46.3 12.3 959
Second 93.8 43.1 47.1 53.9 20.9 1,296
Middle 94.6 51.9 57.4 52.1 24.1 1,450
Fourth 92.4 58.4 62.8 52.5 27.4 1,465
Highest 91.3 65.0 66.2 45.5 26.3 1,574
Residence
Urban 90.1 63.7 63.2 46.3 26.3 1,537
Rural 93.6 48.0 53.4 51.3 22.1 5,206
Region
North 97.8 57.5 63.4 56.5 29.4 2,566
Central 94.6 64.8 60.9 55.1 31.5 1,654
South 86.6 36.9 44.2 40.5 11.0 2,523
Targeted provinces
Ha Noi 99.0 70.4 72.7 38.7 23.0 235
Ho Chi Minh City 83.8 55.5 58.0 42.9 18.3 469
Hai Phong 96.7 49.8 68.3 55.8 23.3 162
Quang Ninh 99.1 71.2 75.0 65.0 44.0 97
Total 92.8 51.6 55.6 50.2 23.0 6,743
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Note: An asterisk indicates that a figure is based on fewer than 25 unweighted cases and has been suppressed.
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Corresponds to President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief Policy and Systems Strengthening (Capacity Building) Indicator 2 “Percentage of
the general population with accepting attitudes toward persons living with HIV/AIDS” and UNICEF-OVC Raising awareness to create a
supportive environment Indicator A7 “Stigma and discrimination.”
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