"There is no other way out". Educational decision-making in an era of AIDS: How do HIV-positive mothers value education?

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dc.contributor.authorDe Lannoy, Ariane
dc.date.accessioned2016-05-03T11:13:16Z
dc.date.available2016-05-03T11:13:16Z
dc.date.issued2005
dc.date.updated2016-05-03T11:11:20Z
dc.description.abstractThis paper examines the logic behind some of the hypotheses found in influential studies and literature on the potential impact of HIV/AIDS on affected people’s values in life, and more specifically, on the value they attach to education. It has been suggested that caregivers or children, faced with illness, death and a decreased life expectancy as a consequence of AIDS, might no longer be interested in investing in education. However, there does not appear to be any detailed empirical research on how AIDS does make an impact on people’s values in life, their views on the future or the value attached to education. This paper begins to investigate how affected caregivers value education for both themselves and their children. The sample comprised ten HIV-positive mothers, nine of whom have at least one child of school-going age. One group discussion and five in-depth interviews were conducted, using semi-structured questionnaires. This research suggests that HIV-positive mothers are, in fact, strongly inclined to invest in their own education and especially their children’s education. As caregivers, they have an increased sense of the importance of independence for both themselves and their children, and they regard education as the means to achieve that independence. Hence, providing schooling for their children is an intrinsic part of their caregiving.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationDe Lannoy, A. (2005). <i>"There is no other way out". Educational decision-making in an era of AIDS: How do HIV-positive mothers value education?</i> University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Centre for Social Science Research(CSSR). Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/19375en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationDe Lannoy, Ariane <i>"There is no other way out". Educational decision-making in an era of AIDS: How do HIV-positive mothers value education?.</i> University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Centre for Social Science Research(CSSR), 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/19375en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationDe Lannoy, A. (2005). " There is No Other Way Out": Educational Decision-making in an Era of AIDS: how Do HIV-positive Mothers Value Education?. Centre for Social Science Research, University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Working Paper AU - De Lannoy, Ariane AB - This paper examines the logic behind some of the hypotheses found in influential studies and literature on the potential impact of HIV/AIDS on affected people’s values in life, and more specifically, on the value they attach to education. It has been suggested that caregivers or children, faced with illness, death and a decreased life expectancy as a consequence of AIDS, might no longer be interested in investing in education. However, there does not appear to be any detailed empirical research on how AIDS does make an impact on people’s values in life, their views on the future or the value attached to education. This paper begins to investigate how affected caregivers value education for both themselves and their children. The sample comprised ten HIV-positive mothers, nine of whom have at least one child of school-going age. One group discussion and five in-depth interviews were conducted, using semi-structured questionnaires. This research suggests that HIV-positive mothers are, in fact, strongly inclined to invest in their own education and especially their children’s education. As caregivers, they have an increased sense of the importance of independence for both themselves and their children, and they regard education as the means to achieve that independence. Hence, providing schooling for their children is an intrinsic part of their caregiving. DA - 2005 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town J1 - Centre for Social Science Research LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2005 T1 - "There is no other way out". Educational decision-making in an era of AIDS: How do HIV-positive mothers value education? TI - "There is no other way out". Educational decision-making in an era of AIDS: How do HIV-positive mothers value education? UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/19375 ER - en_ZA
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dc.identifier.vancouvercitationDe Lannoy A. "There is no other way out". Educational decision-making in an era of AIDS: How do HIV-positive mothers value education?. 2005 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/19375en_ZA
dc.languageengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentCentre for Social Science Research(CSSR)en_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Humanitiesen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.rightsCreative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0)*
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dc.sourceCentre for Social Science Research
dc.source.urihttp://www.cssr.uct.ac.za/
dc.subject.otherHIV/AIDS
dc.subject.otherEducation
dc.title"There is no other way out". Educational decision-making in an era of AIDS: How do HIV-positive mothers value education?en_ZA
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