Education and HIV discrimination in Egypt

Authors

Ahmed W. Elroukh
James A. Thornton, Eastern Michigan UniversityFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2014

Department

Economics

Abstract

This article investigates the effect of education on discrimination against patients with HIV. The findings indicate that education is effective in reducing discrimination in the marketplace, but ineffective in reducing the shame of having an infected family member. HIV-specific education has a bigger effect on reducing HIV marketplace discrimination than years of schooling. No consistent pattern is detected between other control variables and attitudes towards HIV.

DOI

10.1057/dev.2015.39

Citation

Elroukh, A. W., & Thornton, J. A. (2014). Education and HIV discrimination in Egypt. Development, 57(3–4), 625–632. doi:10.1057/dev.2015.39