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Table 13.5.2 Accepting attitudes towards those living with HIV/AIDS: MenAmong men age 15-49 who have heard of HIV/AIDS, percentage expressing specific accepting attitudes towardspeople with HIV/AIDS, and among men age 50 and over, percentage expressing accepting attitudes towards peoplewith AIDS, by background characteristics, Swaziland 2006-07BackgroundcharacteristicAre willingto care fora familymember withthe AIDSvirus in ownhouseholdPercentage of respondents who:Say that aWould female teacherbuy fresh with the AIDSvegetables virus and is notfrom sick should beshopkeeper allowed towho has the continueAIDS virus teachingWould notwant to keepsecret that afamilymember gotinfected withthe AIDS virusPercentageexpressingacceptanceattitudes onall fourindicatorsNumber ofmen whohave heardof AIDSAge15-24 89.6 77.5 87.4 65.5 46.2 2,18715-19 88.0 74.7 85.4 64.7 43.3 1,30520-24 91.9 81.6 90.5 66.7 50.5 88325-29 92.7 84.8 93.8 64.4 50.5 62130-39 94.6 78.8 91.9 64.7 47.7 79740-49 94.3 71.0 87.9 62.0 42.0 524Marital statusNever married 90.2 78.2 88.2 65.7 46.8 2,710Ever had sex 91.3 79.5 89.1 64.6 47.0 1,452Never had sex 89.0 76.7 87.2 67.0 46.7 1,258Married/living together 94.8 78.9 92.6 63.2 46.7 1,215Divorced/separated/widowed 91.6 69.7 83.8 61.4 42.3 203ResidenceUrban 94.0 83.8 94.1 61.3 46.8 1,177Rural 90.7 75.7 87.4 66.2 46.5 2,951RegionHhohho 92.6 82.0 91.5 66.1 50.2 1,096Manzini 93.0 78.9 89.9 64.1 46.7 1,341Shiselweni 89.9 72.0 88.2 65.3 45.2 837Lubombo 90.0 77.5 86.5 63.5 43.1 854EducationNo education 88.4 54.3 73.9 62.6 29.5 310Lower primary 87.9 57.7 75.0 63.6 32.8 458Higher primary 91.9 71.8 85.8 66.8 44.6 974Secondary 91.5 84.7 94.2 66.8 52.0 1,189High school 94.2 89.7 96.0 64.9 54.7 852Tertiary 93.2 91.8 98.8 55.2 46.8 346Wealth quintileLowest 88.6 64.7 78.6 68.5 40.5 592Second 91.6 75.1 86.5 65.7 45.1 662Middle 90.2 75.8 88.8 62.6 43.8 845Fourth 93.2 80.4 91.3 65.8 49.1 950Highest 93.1 86.8 95.6 62.9 50.8 1,078Total 15-49 91.6 78.0 89.3 64.8 46.6 4,128Total 50+ 89.7 50.4 70.8 66.9 29.4 433Willingness to care for a family member with HIV in one’s own household is almost universal;over 90 percent of women and men report they are willing to do so. Willingness for a female teacher tocontinue teaching in spite of being HIV positive is also high. However, when asked whether they wouldbe willing to buy fresh vegetables from a person with HIV, willingness varied substantially by level ofeducation. Only about six in ten women and men with lower levels of education reported that they wouldbuy vegetables from a person with HIV, while nearly nine in ten women and men with higher levels ofeducation would do so. The percentage of the population that would not want to keep the HIV-positivestatus of a family member secret is generally between 60 and 70 percent across all background characteristics.Looking at all four specified stigma indicators together, the percentage of women and men age15-49 expressing accepting attitudes is fairly low, 43 percent for women and 47 percent for men. ForHIV/AIDS-Related Knowledge, Attitudes, and Behaviour | 191