Kotze, DKotze, TheunsDudeni, NontembekoDept. of StatisticsFaculty of Science2013-09-112024-05-142007/09/072007/09/072013-09-112024-05-142007https://hdl.handle.net/10566/14876Magister Scientiae - MScIn recent publications and reports it has been outlined that HIV/AIDS is growing rapidly in the rural communities and the levels of poverty are on the increase. HIV/AIDS has been viewed to have a disastrous impact in almost every sphere of life, affecting the business sector, employment/unemployment, poverty, marginalizing a section of the population and tearing families apart. The study was aimed at exploring more issues that evolved around HIV/AIDS and poverty and also to determine if HIV/AIDS can be closely linked to poverty, because it has been reported that these two strongly affected each other.enAIDS (Disease)Poverty - Eastern CapeSouth AfricaHIV infectionsPoverty - Eastern CapeThesisUniversity of the Western Cape