A crisis is unfolding because of the deaths among people in the labour force. It is
expected that business, government and labour address the problem of HIV and
AIDS. An intervention such as, introduction of policies and strategies would help in
the awareness of the epidemic to the society as a whole. This study looks at the
effect of HIV on gender inequality and its implications in the labour sector. There are
large social and economic gaps between women and men in Malawi, and these
inequalities have played a central role in the spread of HIV; hence it is imperative to
consider women when developing HIV workplace policies, because they seem to be
hit harder with the epidemic than men. Empowering women to refrain from risky
relationships and protecting themselves and asserting their rights would decrease
the high HIV prevalence percentage for women. The study use annual Labour
participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15+) and annual labour
participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15+) data obtained from
(www.tradingeconomics.com) and annual Prevalence of HIV, total (% of population
ages 15-49) obtained from World Bank over the period of 1980 to 2009. Prior to
doing the regression analysis, the time series data is tested for stationarity using
correlograms and the Augmented Dickey Fuller (ADF) test on each data set. The
results suggest that there is a negative relationship between HIV/AIDS and labour on
both genders for this period and that there is a gap on the effect of AIDS on women
and men in the labour sector. The time series data is found to be 1(2), intergrated of
order 2. The HIV data is regressed onto the labour data, using Ordinary Least
Squares (OLS). Following the regression line is the Engel-Granger method which is
used to test for cointegration. Other tests include diagnostic tests and stability tests / Thesis (M.Sc.(Computer Science) North-West University, Mafikeng Campus, 2011
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:nwu/oai:dspace.nwu.ac.za:10394/15836 |
| Date | January 2011 |
| Creators | Ambali, Chikhulupiriro |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis |
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