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were living with a partner. Motional problems related to relationship with friends wasreported by almost one third of the respondents but mostly by the DUs and the female sexworkers (understandly so) because it can affect their ability to find clients). This isdespite the fact that not all of them had the courage to disclose their status to all friends.Almost one third (31.2%) were also often or sometimes afraid to disclosure their status tofamily members and even more of them (49.5%) to friends. More women sex workersand heterosexually infected women fell into this category than the other groups.The answer to the number of respondents who quoted has having no problems in thevarious areas was also related to the fact that respondents had not disclose their status tomany people. Thus it was not unusual to see almost half saying that they do not factrelationship problem with family and friends or co-workers for that matter.Figure 6: Percentage of Respondents by Types andFrequency of Emotional Problems FacedAfraid to Tell FriendsAfraid to Tell familyRel. Co-workersRelationship FriendsRelationship - FamilyRelationship -partnerIsolationOutlook Abt. FutureSelf-esteemDepressionHas HelpNo ProblemOften/sometimes0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70Percentage (%)118