Table 3.
Bivariate Associations with COVID-19 Stigma Scale Scores
| Negative Attitudes toward people with COVID-19 (n=300) | Perceived Community stigma faced by people with COVID-19 (n=291) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Estimate (95% CI) | p-value* | Estimate (95% CI) | p-value* | |
| Conceptually Related Constructs | ||||
| Anticipated stigma around COVID-19 testing | 0.25 (0.19, 0.31) | <0.001 | 0.25 (0.18, 0.32) | <0.001 |
| Daily discrimination | −0.01 (−0.08, 0.05) | 0.734 | 0.183 (0.10, 0.25) | <0.001 |
| Lifetime discrimination | −0.17 (−0.44, 0.09) | 0.203 | 0.18 (−0.14, 0.50 | 0.262 |
| Number of COVID-19 related challenges | 0.08 (−0.14, 0.30) | 0.489 | 0.34 (0.08, 0.61) | 0.010 |
| Number of trusted sources of COVID-19 info | 0.07 (−0.02, 0.15) | 0.108 | −0.01 (−0.11, 0.09) | 0.905 |
| Socio-Demographic Characteristics | ||||
| Age | 0.034 (0.01, 0.06) | 0.001 | −0.00 (−0.03, 0.02) | 0.908 |
| Female sex (ref=male) | −0.81 (−1.56, −0.06) | 0.035 | −0.25 (−1.15, 0.64) | 0.575 |
| Rarely/never attend religious services (ref=monthly or more) | −0.23 (−1.04, −0.58) | 0.572 | −0.69 (−1.60, 0.22) | 0.138 |
| Political affiliation strong democrat (ref=all other) | 0.46 (−0.21, 1.13) | 0.175 | −0.23 (−1.02, 0.56) | 0.573 |
| Essential worker (ref=no) | −1.12(−1.92, −0.32) | 0.006 | −0.44 (−1.39, 0.52) | 0.368 |
| Urban (ref=rural) | 1.51 (0.69, 2.33) | 0.000 | 1.17 (0.18, 2.16) | 0.021 |
Boldface indicates statistical significance