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. 2023 Sep 12;13:15083. doi: 10.1038/s41598-023-42162-6

Table 4.

Predicted probability of discriminatory attitudes with respect to wealth index, mass media exposure, residence and comprehensive knowledge in high HIV prevalence states of India, 2016–21.

Male Change in Predicted Prob Female Change in Predicted Prob
NFHS-4 (2015–16) NFHS-5 (2020–21) (2016–2022) NFHS-4 (2015–16) NFHS-5 (2020–21) (2016–2021)
Predicted Prob [CI] Predicted Prob [CI] Predicted Prob [CI] Predicted Prob [CI]
Wealth index
Poorest 0.36 (0.33–0.39) 0.385 (0.36–0.41) 0.025 0.407 (0.38–0.44) 0.443 (0.42–0.47) 0.036
Poorer 0.31 (0.3– 0.33) 0.334 (0.32–0.35) 0.024 0.386 (0.37–0.4) 0.413 (0.4–0.43) 0.027
Middle 0.29 (0.28–0.3) 0.31 (0.3–0.32) 0.020 0.37 (0.36–0.38) 0.397 (0.39–0.41) 0.027
Richer 0.262 (0.25–0.27) 0.297 (0.29–0.31) 0.035 0.342 (0.33–0.35) 0.4 (0.39–0.41) 0.058
Richest 0.251 (0.23–0.27) 0.28 (0.26–0.3) 0.029 0.329 (0.31–0.35) 0.381 (0.36–0.4) 0.052
Mass media exposure
No 0.353 (0.33–0.38) 0.316 (0.3–0.33) − 0.037 0.404 (0.38–0.42) 0.4 (0.39–0.41) -0.004
Yes 0.278 (0.27–0.28) 0.313 (0.31–0.32) 0.035 0.354 (0.35–0.36) 0.403 (0.4–0.41) 0.049
Comprehensive knowledge
No 0.34 (0.33–0.35) 0.356 (0.35–0.36) 0.016 0.403 (0.4–0.41) 0.453 (0.44–0.46) 0.050
Yes 0.177 (0.17–0.19) 0.23 (0.22–0.24) 0.053 0.218 (0.21–0.23) 0.282 (0.27–0.29) 0.064
Residence & mass media exposure
Urban w/o MME 0.38 (0.33–0.43) 0.321(0.3–0.35) − 0.059 0.388 (0.35–0.43) 0.41 (0.39–0.43) 0.022
Urban with MME 0.269 (0.26–0.28) 0.298 (0.28–0.31) 0.029 0.344 (0.33–0.36) 0.397 (0.38–0.41) 0.053
Rural w/o MME 0.365 (0.33–0.39) 0.32 (0.3–0.34) − 0.045 0.422 (0.4–.45) 0.402 (0.39–0.42) − 0.020
Rural with MME 0.282 (0.27–0.29) 0.318 (0.31–0.33) 0.036 0.359 (0.35–0.37) 0.405 (0.4–0.41) 0.046
Residence & comprehensive knowledge
Urban w/o knowledge 0.336 (0.32–0.35) 0.345 (0.33–0.36) 0.009 0.393 (0.38–0.41) 0.442 (0.43–0.46) 0.049
Urban with knowledge 0.164 (0.15–0.18) 0.224 (0.21–0.24) 0.060 0.213 (0.19–0.23) 0.291 (0.27–0.31) 0.078
Rural w/o knowledge 0.344 (0.33–0.36) 0.361 (0.35–0.37) 0.017 0.411 (0.4–0.42) 0.457 (0.45–0.47) 0.046
Rural with knowledge 0.184 (0.17–0.2) 0.233 (0.22–0.25) 0.049 0.22 (0.2– 0.24) 0.276 (0.26–0.29) 0.056