Clinico-Epidemiological Profile of Children Orphaned due to AIDS Residing in Care Giving Institutions in Coastal South India

Table 5

Self-reported discrimination as experienced by the study participants [].

Characteristics		Orphans	Nonorphans	Total
		(%)	(%)	(%)
Discrimination faced in school ()	Yes	03 (05.4)	02 (06.9)	05 (05.9)
	No	52 (94.6)	27 (93.1)	79 (94.1)
Have friends outside the care centres ()	Yes	53 (96.4)	28 (96.6)	81 (96.4)
	No	02 (03.6)	01 (03.4)	03 (03.6)
Friends aware of HIV status ()	Yes	17 (31.5)	15 (55.6)	32 (39.5)
	No	37 (68.5)	12 (44.4)	49 (60.5)
Discrimination by friends ()	Yes	02 (03.7)	00 (00.0)	02 (02.5)
	No	52 (96.3)	27 (100.0)	79 (97.5)

Only school/college going children orphaned by AIDS were included.