TABLE OF CONTENTS
DECLARATION---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- II
APPROVAL ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- m
DEDICATION---------------------- ----------------------------------------- IV
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- v
TABLE OF CONTENTS -- ---------------------------------------------------------- VI
LIST OF TAB LES ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------viii
LIST OF FIGURES------------------------------------------------------------------------ IX
ACRONYMS-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- X
ABSTRACT------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- XI
CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION -----------------12
1.1 Background to the study ---------------------- ------------------------------------------------- 12
1.2 Problem statement. -------------------------------- -----------------------------------------15
1.3 Purpose of the study-----------------------------------------------------------------------16
1.4 The scope of the study --------------------------------------------------------------------------17
1.5 Significance of the study-----------------------------------------------------------------------17
CHAPTER TWO: LITERATURE REVIEW -----------------19
2.1 Vulnerability and HIV/ AIDS in women--------------------------------------------------------------19
2.2 Gender inequalities and HIV/ AIDS among women ------------------------------------------------20
2.3 Violence against women and HIV/ AIDS --------------------------------------------------------23
2.3 Women's health situation with HIV/ AIDS ----------------------------------------------------------23
2.4 Effects/impacts of HIV/ AIDS------- ----------------------------------------------28
2.4 Copying strategies with the impact of HIV/ AIDS --------------------------------------------32
CHAPTER THREE: METHODOLOGY---------- ----37
3. l In trod ucti on ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 3 7
3 . 2 Source of data---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3 7
3 .3 Data collection procedure -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3 7
3 .4 Sample design and Study area ---------------------------------------------------------------3 7
3 . 5 Data analysis -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------3 8
3. 6 Ethni cal considerations -------------------------------------------------------0--------------------- 3 8
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CHAPTER FOUR: PRESENTATION OF FINDINGS-----------------39
4 .1 Introduction ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3 9
4.2 Socio-demographic characteristics of respondents ---------------------------------------39
4.2.1. Residence-------------------------------------------------------------40
4.2.2. Age ------------------------------------------ ----------------------------------------40
4.2.3. Education -------------------------------------------------------------------------40
4 .2 .4 Marital Status -------------------------------------------------------------------------------41
4.2.5
4.2.6
4.2.7
4.2.8.
Main source of livelihood------ -------------------------------- ----42
Ever been pregnant -------------------------------------------------------------------------------44
Age at first pregnancy------------------------------------------44
Children ever born ------------------------------------------------------ ---44
CHAPTER FIVE:---------------------------47
SUMMARY, CONCLUSION AND RECCOMENDATION -----------------------------------------47
REFERENCE AND BI BILI OGRAPHY -------------------------------------------------- 54
APPENDIX I: Selected questions from the Research tool/ Questionnaire---------- ------56
ABSTRACT This study investigated the soc10 demographic effects of HIV/AIDS on women living with HIV/AIDS in Acholi Sub region, northern Uganda. The specific objective was to explore the socio-demographic burdens of HIV/AIDS on women and to examine gender roles that render women vulnerable to HIV/ AIDS, then find out coping strategies of women affected and Infected with HIV/AIDS in the community in order to come up with a helpful generalization for people affected by and infected with HIV/ AIDS in Acholi sub region. The study utilized primary data, collected from a sample of I 00 women from Acholi Sub region both Affected and Infected with HIV/ AIDS targeting 6 sub counties estimated to be having high HIV prevalence rate hence forth representing the whole of northern region. Data was collected using a semi-structured questionnaire and analyzed in SPSS program. It was found out that HIV/ AIDS has had a significant impact on Women in Acholi Sub region but differ according to residence, marital status, employment status and the number or children ever born. In this regard this is an important study in promoting gender roles in the light against HIV impacts. The study recommended that women living with HIV/AIDS be trained and provided with Income generating Activities coupled with a number of follow ups for progress.
OPIO, K (2022). The Socio-Demographic Effects of HIV/AIDS On Women in Acholi Sub Region. Afribary. Retrieved from https://tracking.afribary.com/works/the-socio-demographic-effects-of-hiv-aids-on-women-in-acholi-sub-region
OPIO, KIPWOLA "The Socio-Demographic Effects of HIV/AIDS On Women in Acholi Sub Region" Afribary. Afribary, 22 Aug. 2022, https://tracking.afribary.com/works/the-socio-demographic-effects-of-hiv-aids-on-women-in-acholi-sub-region. Accessed 10 Nov. 2024.
OPIO, KIPWOLA . "The Socio-Demographic Effects of HIV/AIDS On Women in Acholi Sub Region". Afribary, Afribary, 22 Aug. 2022. Web. 10 Nov. 2024. < https://tracking.afribary.com/works/the-socio-demographic-effects-of-hiv-aids-on-women-in-acholi-sub-region >.
OPIO, KIPWOLA . "The Socio-Demographic Effects of HIV/AIDS On Women in Acholi Sub Region" Afribary (2022). Accessed November 10, 2024. https://tracking.afribary.com/works/the-socio-demographic-effects-of-hiv-aids-on-women-in-acholi-sub-region