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Table A-13.4 Discriminatory attitudes towards people living with HIV: Districts<br />

Among women and men age 15-49 who have heard of HIV or AIDS, percentage who do not think that children living with HIV should be able to<br />

attend school with children who are HIV negative, percentage who would not buy fresh vegetables from a shopkeeper who as HIV, and percentage<br />

with discriminatory attitudes towards people living with HIV, according to district, <strong>Malawi</strong> DHS <strong>2015</strong>-<strong>16</strong><br />

District<br />

Percentage<br />

who do not<br />

think that<br />

children living<br />

with HIV<br />

should be<br />

able to attend<br />

school with<br />

children who<br />

are HIV<br />

negative<br />

Percentage<br />

who would<br />

not buy fresh<br />

vegetables<br />

from a<br />

shopkeeper<br />

who as HIV<br />

Women<br />

Percentage<br />

with<br />

discriminatory<br />

attitudes<br />

towards<br />

people living<br />

with HIV 1<br />

Number of<br />

respondents<br />

who have<br />

heard of<br />

AIDS<br />

Percentage<br />

who do not<br />

think that<br />

children living<br />

with HIV<br />

should be<br />

able to attend<br />

school with<br />

children who<br />

are HIV<br />

negative<br />

Percentage<br />

who would<br />

not buy fresh<br />

vegetables<br />

from a<br />

shopkeeper<br />

who as HIV<br />

Men<br />

Percentage<br />

with<br />

discriminatory<br />

attitudes<br />

towards<br />

people living<br />

with HIV 1<br />

Number of<br />

respondents<br />

who have<br />

heard of<br />

AIDS<br />

Northern<br />

Chitipa 15.0 26.9 32.4 230 14.0 12.3 18.6 73<br />

Karonga 5.7 9.9 11.6 463 2.8 7.0 8.0 148<br />

Likoma 2.1 2.7 3.7 20 2.6 4.8 6.1 6<br />

Mzimba 9.3 10.7 13.7 1,470 7.2 7.3 11.1 493<br />

Nkhata Bay 13.1 11.9 19.9 323 11.4 10.4 18.7 107<br />

Rumphi 9.7 12.2 17.6 292 3.4 5.7 6.7 93<br />

Total 9.6 12.2 <strong>16</strong>.0 2,799 7.1 7.8 11.6 921<br />

Central<br />

Dedza 12.2 24.0 26.0 1,086 11.1 21.8 25.9 288<br />

Dowa 11.8 18.9 22.0 1,059 6.5 13.0 13.9 342<br />

Kasungu 8.2 14.7 17.5 959 3.7 8.1 9.6 321<br />

Lilongwe 9.7 15.9 18.9 4,054 6.6 17.0 18.5 1,189<br />

Mchinji 9.8 17.8 20.4 705 9.6 26.8 29.8 250<br />

Nkhotakota 4.7 11.3 13.3 529 4.7 10.9 11.8 156<br />

Ntcheu 6.2 14.7 <strong>16</strong>.3 917 2.5 7.4 7.8 262<br />

Ntchisi 7.5 13.4 <strong>16</strong>.1 430 4.5 7.1 10.2 143<br />

Salima 7.4 <strong>16</strong>.9 18.0 664 11.7 21.4 24.7 194<br />

Total 9.2 <strong>16</strong>.7 19.3 10,404 6.7 15.6 17.4 3,146<br />

Southern<br />

Balaka 8.0 13.3 15.8 596 3.8 7.2 8.8 149<br />

Blantyre 6.2 7.5 11.1 2,061 4.8 8.3 10.2 538<br />

Chikhwawa <strong>16</strong>.7 24.9 30.8 668 3.2 10.3 11.0 223<br />

Chiradzulu 6.8 14.2 <strong>16</strong>.2 514 1.7 4.6 5.8 129<br />

Machinga 15.9 33.0 35.1 803 10.9 22.2 25.9 189<br />

Mangochi 12.6 23.4 25.5 1,292 9.8 20.1 22.9 391<br />

Mulanje 8.5 14.4 <strong>16</strong>.2 1,048 3.4 4.7 6.4 294<br />

Mwanza 6.1 7.1 10.7 <strong>16</strong>0 0.4 3.0 3.4 49<br />

Neno 9.0 13.1 <strong>16</strong>.8 241 6.3 14.1 <strong>16</strong>.5 66<br />

Nsanje 10.6 29.4 31.2 335 2.3 11.7 13.6 103<br />

Phalombe 7.6 14.3 15.4 657 3.7 8.6 10.5 176<br />

Thyolo 7.5 12.2 <strong>16</strong>.8 1,076 3.9 11.3 11.8 286<br />

Zomba 6.3 9.6 13.2 1,355 2.8 4.1 6.5 409<br />

Total 9.1 15.6 18.6 10,806 4.8 10.2 12.1 3,001<br />

Total 9.2 15.7 18.6 24,008 6.0 12.3 14.4 7,067<br />

1<br />

Percentage who do not think that children living with HIV should be able to attend school with children who are HIV negative or would not buy<br />

fresh vegetables from a shopkeeper who has HIV<br />

398 • Appendix A

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