Workability of patients with HIV/AIDS in Northern Vietnam: a societal perspective on the impact of treatment program

Tran, Bach Xuan; Nguyen, Long H.; Vu, Giang Thu; Fleming, Mercedes; Latkin, Carl A.

doi:10.1080/09540121.2018.1510098

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“…Further analyses could, therefore, include a cross-country comparison, applying homogeneous criteria to assess potential drivers of the differences found. Moreover, the results reveal important differences between specific subgroups, especially those with a weak or medium immune system, basic education and people living with HIV infected through sex, which confirms the importance of these factors in the analysis of people living with HIV [32,55,56].…”

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The employment situation of people living with HIV: a closer look at the effects of the 2008 economic crisis

2021

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This study aims to assess the determinants of employment probabilities among people living with Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) during a 15-year period (2001)(2002)(2003)(2004)(2005)(2006)(2007)(2008)(2009)(2010)(2011)(2012)(2013)(2014)(2015)(2016) in Spain, focusing on the possible effects of occurrences such as the 2008 economic crisis. The probability of people living with HIV having a job was evaluated by applying several multivariate probit regression models. Differences between the employment status of people living with HIV and that of the general population were evaluated by applying genetic matching regression models. With respect to the former evaluation, for people living with HIV, the period before the crisis (2001)(2002)(2003)(2004)(2005)(2006)(2007) was associated with a probability of being employed that was 2.43 percentage points (p.p.) higher than during the crisis, and the period after the crisis (2014-2016) with a probability that was 7.58 p.p. lower than during the crisis. Greater effects were also observed among males, the probability of being in employment before the economic crisis being higher (by 2.26 p.p.) and lower after the crisis (− 3.41 p.p.) than among women, and among those infected through drug use (6.18 p.p. and − 7.34 p.p. before and after the crisis, respectively), than among those infected through sex. When analysing the differences with respect to the general population, people living with HIV reported lower probabilities of being employed: by − 18 p.p. before the crisis, by − 15 p.p. during the crisis (years 2008-2013) and by − 10 p.p. after the crisis, implying a convergence in the prospects of employment with the passage of the years. Those differences were greater for people of basic educational level (− 23 to − 16 p.p.), a weaker immune system (− 34 p.p. to − 21 p.p.) and those infected through the use of drugs (− 31 p.p. to − 26 p.p.). Although the results suggest that the economic crisis had a greater effect on the employment prospects of people living with HIV, and that effect is still felt by that group, our findings also point towards a convergence of their employment prospects with those of the general population, over the 15-year period assessed. An analysis of the employment situation of people living with HIV might have helped when designing job-seeking methods and policies on the working environment, especially through the 15-year period considered, when the economic crisis had a greater effect on the job market.

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confidence: 59%