Attitudes toward People Living with HIVAIDS

HIVAIDS-related Knowledge, Attitudes, and Behavior • 231 Table 13.6.1 Accepting attitudes toward those living with HIVAIDS: Women Among ever-married women age 15-49 who have heard of AIDS, percentage expressing specific accepting attitudes toward people with HIVAIDS, by background characteristics, Afghanistan 2015 Percentage of women who: Percentage expressing acceptance attitudes on all four indicators Number of women who have heard of AIDS Background characteristic Are willing to care for a family member with AIDS in the respondents home Would buy fresh vegetables from shopkeeper who has HIV Say that a female teacher who has HIV but is not sick should be allowed to continue teaching Would not want to keep secret that a family member got infected with HIV Age 15-24 34.3 30.3 26.8 69.1 5.6 1,763 15-19 34.8 31.5 35.9 66.7 4.9 347 20-24 34.2 30.0 24.6 69.7 5.7 1,416 25-29 29.5 32.1 27.9 72.3 8.4 1,542 30-39 35.4 32.1 25.7 70.5 4.4 2,212 40-49 34.1 27.8 27.3 70.8 5.8 1,454 Marital status Married 33.2 30.4 27.0 70.3 5.8 6,818 DivorcedSeparated Widowed 50.3 47.7 19.1 86.5 9.2 152 Residence Urban 30.7 20.4 22.6 69.9 3.5 2,695 Rural 35.4 37.3 29.5 71.1 7.3 4,275 Province 1 Kabul 30.2 23.6 31.1 61.4 5.4 1,445 Kapisa 18.3 46.6 57.1 84.2 1.4 46 Parwan 57.7 66.8 58.5 91.8 43.9 125 Wardak 41.6 58.0 65.8 68.2 11.6 125 Logar 17.3 57.7 58.8 69.5 3.9 312 Nangarhar 17.6 49.1 49.2 84.2 3.7 186 Laghman 12.8 8.3 6.3 84.4 0.1 272 Panjsher 68.9 78.4 83.2 28.5 3.1 5 Baghlan 14.5 43.0 45.0 81.6 0.0 133 Bamyan 8.8 21.1 25.8 84.6 1.4 14 Ghazni 15.6 22.6 15.2 41.6 3.2 291 Paktika 12 Paktya 12.7 14.3 11.0 34.4 0.1 108 Khost 7.7 24.4 22.0 63.2 0.8 156 Kunarha 34.0 20.7 15.5 17.4 0.1 50 Nooristan 1 Badakhshan 26.6 28.1 39.2 59.8 14.0 73 Takhar 7.4 6.7 12.1 87.1 0.9 174 Kunduz 41.1 13.3 14.4 62.3 1.0 432 Samangan 6.6 40.0 49.9 33.9 0.0 9 Balkh 17.5 14.8 12.4 69.9 2.7 398 Sar-E-Pul 37.0 14.7 32.7 61.5 0.0 51 Ghor 3.5 31.3 67.1 92.5 0.3 153 Daykundi 3 Urozgan 32.7 0.0 13.8 38.9 0.0 8 Kandahar 34.1 1.8 3.3 72.5 0.2 405 Jawzjan 61.4 54.6 38.9 80.6 27.9 135 Faryab 13.4 21.3 12.9 87.1 1.7 342 Helmand 10.9 2.5 38.4 91.3 0.0 53 Badghis 59.7 1.2 30.2 5.0 0.0 23 Herat 65.6 55.7 23.6 83.5 11.8 1,286 Farah 73.4 39.2 30.8 34.3 2.2 114 Nimroz 11.4 12.6 17.9 62.8 6.1 26 Education No education 35.2 30.2 24.9 69.6 5.4 4,576 Primary 34.4 33.4 29.8 70.7 7.8 788 Secondary 29.3 30.4 31.0 72.0 5.1 1,140 More than secondary 26.3 32.8 29.9 76.6 9.0 465 Wealth quintile Lowest 39.9 41.2 30.0 73.6 8.4 729 Second 45.0 39.4 31.2 69.9 9.8 1,009 Middle 31.4 33.7 27.9 69.1 5.3 1,053 Fourth 27.2 30.0 24.9 71.1 4.4 1,678 Highest 32.3 23.5 24.9 70.3 4.7 2,502 Total 33.6 30.8 26.8 70.6 5.9 6,970 Note: Figures in parentheses are based on 25-49 unweighted cases. An asterisk indicates that a figure is based on fewer than 25 unweighted cases and has been suppressed. 1 Estimates for Zabul are not presented separately due to sample coverage issues; however, they are included in the total national estimates. 232 • HIVAIDS-related Knowledge, Attitudes, and Behavior Table 13.6.2 Accepting attitudes toward those living with HIVAIDS: Men Among ever-married men age 15-49 who have heard of HIVAIDS, percentage expressing specific accepting attitudes toward people with HIVAIDS, by background characteristics, Afghanistan 2015 Percentage of men who: Percentage expressing acceptance attitudes on all four indicators Number of men who have heard of AIDS Background characteristic Are willing to care for a family member with AIDS in the respondents home Would buy fresh vegetables from shopkeeper who has HIV Say that a female teacher who has the AIDS virus but is not sick should be allowed to continue teaching Would not want to keep secret that a family member got infected with HIV Age 15-24 39.5 28.4 29.0 62.5 4.4 747 15-19 48.4 27.2 21.5 51.3 2.2 72 20-24 38.6 28.5 29.8 63.7 4.6 675 25-29 40.1 29.4 32.8 66.3 6.8 1,397 30-39 37.5 25.7 26.2 67.5 5.3 2,356 40-49 37.5 26.2 26.6 70.5 5.3 1,787 Marital status Married 38.4 26.9 28.1 67.6 5.5 6,250 DivorcedSeparated Widowed 31.7 31.9 31.7 52.8 10.6 37 Residence Urban 46.3 28.5 38.6 65.4 8.6 1,799 Rural 35.1 26.3 23.9 68.3 4.3 4,488 Province 1 Kabul 40.0 25.2 36.6 65.6 4.3 919 Kapisa 2.6 28.7 14.9 98.1 0.0 48 Parwan 25.0 10.4 20.0 54.0 6.6 157 Wardak 47.1 26.7 22.1 81.4 5.5 68 Logar 14.7 57.9 21.6 65.9 1.1 132 Nangarhar 31.0 24.5 21.8 79.9 6.0 174 Laghman 34.4 19.6 8.2 73.2 1.5 172 Panjsher 6.7 30.6 30.6 84.5 0.0 11 Baghlan 14.7 47.9 47.1 88.8 2.6 134 Bamyan 23.3 18.9 16.0 85.3 1.5 32 Ghazni 33.2 46.5 31.7 49.0 1.6 272 Paktika 58.3 50.3 51.8 31.7 5.7 76 Paktya 37.8 35.3 31.1 64.9 3.9 192 Khost 34.8 7.3 5.6 97.1 1.2 306 Kunarha 31.8 17.1 14.7 61.8 1.0 103 Nooristan 32.3 21.9 10.3 43.8 3.3 13 Badakhshan 66.9 19.6 21.7 9.0 0.2 111 Takhar 18.0 16.1 9.4 53.7 0.3 159 Kunduz 46.7 28.8 44.4 54.0 3.8 289 Samangan 13.7 6.9 37.4 80.3 0.3 41 Balkh 8.2 6.8 14.6 76.6 0.4 300 Sar-E-Pul 39.2 9.7 8.0 84.0 2.5 89 Ghor 19.9 33.8 10.9 80.8 0.0 152 Daykundi 8.1 20.5 15.5 61.9 0.0 25 Urozgan 12.3 0.0 0.0 67.6 0.0 11 Kandahar 74.8 29.5 45.4 65.3 16.0 503 Jawzjan 22.7 2.2 2.9 80.0 0.0 142 Faryab 27.1 32.7 26.4 72.9 6.4 500 Helmand 18.9 5.5 1.1 81.6 0.0 281 Badghis 74.2 6.0 22.1 54.9 0.2 73 Herat 57.3 43.2 48.0 67.7 17.8 670 Farah 73.2 61.1 39.3 23.7 6.6 115 Nimroz 6.6 0.0 2.5 28.3 0.0 15 Education No education 37.7 20.3 22.9 65.9 3.4 2,392 Primary 37.4 24.6 24.0 66.7 3.1 1,253 Secondary 38.9 30.0 30.8 69.0 7.4 2,013 More than secondary 40.7 47.5 47.3 70.4 13.0 630 Wealth quintile Lowest 37.7 23.8 22.8 67.9 4.8 878 Second 29.3 26.5 25.6 66.8 3.1 1,121 Middle 33.3 23.7 20.8 69.7 2.4 1,166 Fourth 37.9 23.8 24.4 68.9 4.9 1,521 Highest 49.0 34.4 41.6 64.8 10.6 1,601 Total 38.3 27.0 28.1 67.5 5.5 6,287 Note: Figures in parentheses are based on 25-49 unweighted cases. An asterisk indicates that a figure is based on fewer than 25 unweighted cases and has been suppressed. 1 Estimates for Zabul are not presented separately due to sample coverage issues; however, they are included in the total national estimates.