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7.4. Stigma toward HIV-infected personsFigure 7.4a Women and men aged 15-64 years with accepting attitudes towards personswith HIV/<strong>AIDS</strong> by stigma question, <strong>Kenya</strong> <strong>2007</strong>.If a relative of yours became sick with thevirus that causes <strong>AIDS</strong>, you would bewilling to care for her or him in your ownhousehold.91.991.0People with the <strong>AIDS</strong> virus should not beblamed for bringing the disease into thecommunity.76.084.5People with the <strong>AIDS</strong> virus should not beashamed of themselves.74.079.1A female teacher has the <strong>AIDS</strong> virus shouldbe allowed to continue teaching in theschool.75.077.0WomenMenYou would buy fresh vegetables from avendor who has the <strong>AIDS</strong> virus.72.277.0You would not want the HIV-infected statusof a family member to remain a secret65.270.30 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 60 65 70 75 80 85 90 95 100Agreed with statement (%)Figure 7.4a Nine out of 10 respondents would be willing to care for an HIVinfectedrelative at home.Most respondents reported they would be willing to care for a HIV‐infected relative at home; estimateswere similar for women and men (91.9% and 91.0%, respectively). A significantly greater percent ofwomen (84.5%) than men (76.0%) agreed that people with <strong>AIDS</strong> should not be blamed for bringingdisease into the community. By contrast, a significantly greater percent of men (77.0%) than women(72.27%) reported they would buy produce from an HIV‐infected vendor. There was somewhat lesssupport for being open about a family member’s HIV status although the percent with acceptingattitudes was still moderately high; if a family member became infected with HIV, 65.2% of womenand 70.3% of men would not want it to remain a secret.In the following two figures, we compare the percent of respondents with accepting attitudes towardspersons with HIV/<strong>AIDS</strong> between the 2003 KDHS and the <strong>2007</strong> <strong>KAIS</strong>. The following four questionsasked in both the 2003 and <strong>2007</strong> questionnaires were used in this comparison:• If a relative of yours became sick with the virus that causes <strong>AIDS</strong>, would you be willing to carefor her or him in your own household?• Would you buy fresh vegetables from a vendor who has the <strong>AIDS</strong> virus?• If a member of your family got infected with the virus that causes <strong>AIDS</strong>, would you want it toremain a secret or not?<strong>KAIS</strong> <strong>2007</strong> 127

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