NMICS 2010 Report - Central Bureau of Statistics

NMICS 2010, Mid- and Far Western Regionsbe allowed to continue teaching; and (iv) would not want to keep secret that a family member wasinfected with the AIDS virus.Table HA.4 presents information on the accepting attitudes of women aged 15–49 years towardspeople living with HIV/AIDS. Of women who had heard of AIDS in the MFWR, 47 percent agreed withall four accepting attitudes, and 97 percent agreed with at least one. The most common acceptingattitude was willingness to care for a family member with the AIDS virus in own home (84 percent).This was followed by willingness to buy fresh vegetables from a shopkeeper or vendor who has theAIDS virus (79 percent), belief that a female teacher with the AIDS virus who is not sick should beallowed to continue teaching (78 percent), and willingness not to keep secret that a family memberwas infected with the AIDS virus (70 percent). Of women who expressed an accepting attitude to allfour indicators, there was little variation by region or urban/rural area. Subregionally, thepercentage was highest in the Far Western Terai (55 percent) and lowest in the Far Western Hills (34percent). There was variation by age group: young women aged 15–24 (53 percent) were more likelythan those aged 25 years and over (41 percent) to be accepting, and women aged 15–19 years (57percent) were over three times more likely than women aged 40–49 years (39 percent) to beaccepting. Ever married women (43 percent) were less likely than never married women (58percent) to be accepting. Level of education and household wealth status also influenced anaccepting attitude to all four indicators. Women with no education (31 percent) were less likely thanwomen with at least secondary education (59 percent) to be accepting, and women from thepoorest quintile (28 percent) were less likely than women from the richest quintile (57 percent) tobe accepting.173