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Figure 5: Percentage of Respondents by Types andFrequency of Financial Problems FacedOther medARVEducationSch. FeesChildcareVit/SupplementsHas HelpNo ProblemOften/sometimesFoodUtilityPlaceRent0 10 20 30 40 50 60Percentage (%)Emotional problemsOf all the types of emotional problems listed, management of their anxiety or depressionwas experienced by most respondents (26.9% often and 35.5% sometimes) [Table 12aand figure 2].The emotion was felt by all the refugees and women sex workers, five outof the eight transgender sex-workers, half of the MSM and the hetero-sexually infectedmen as well as ten out of the 27 DUs. At the same time almost 15 out the 22heterosexually infected women also often or sometimes experience this problem.More than half of the respondents also reported having low self esteem and they werereported by almost all groups. With the refugee (seven out of eight), DUs (15 out of 27),women sex workers (nine out of 13) heterosexually infected women (12 out of 22) aswell as half of the MSM and heterosexually infected men reported experiencing thisproblem. It was also therefore not unexpected to have more than half of them to feelisolated or alone. In this instance, all groups experience this problem with the women sexworkers reporting (10 out of 13), MSM (more than half), half of the refugees and 12 outof 22 hetero-sexually infected women feeling likewise. The infection has also affectedrespondents outlook of the future. This was reported by slightly more than half of therespondents, but mainly by the women sex workers, DU and the heterosexually infectedwomen, not forgetting the refugees who now not only experience uncertainty overrelocation but their health status as well.Not many (10.8%) quoted emotional problem related to relationships with spouses butthis is partly due to the fact that only 17.2% of the respondents were married and 2.2%117