Table 1 Selected figures from the Khayelitsha Select Panel Survey, N = 216
From: The ARV roll out and the disability grant: a South African dilemma?
n | Percent | |
|---|---|---|
Unemployed | 108 | 50 |
Receivers of disability grant | 90 | 42 |
Respondents who had experienced losing the disability grant | 90 | 42 |
Respondents who had stopped taking ARVs | 6 | 3 |
Respondents who said they would stop taking ARVs in order to get sick so they might qualify for the disability grant again | 0 | 0 |
Respondents who agreed that it is a common strategy for HIV-positive people to stop taking ARVs to get sick and qualify again for the disability grant | 21 | 10 |
Households that received one or more social grant (all kinds of grants) | 153 | 71 |