Attitudes toward People Living with HIVAIDS
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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
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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
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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.
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Estimates for Zabul are not presented separately due to sample coverage issues; however, they are included in the total national estimates.
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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Estimates for Zabul are not presented separately due to sample coverage issues; however, they are included in the total national estimates.