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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Aug 19.
Published in final edited form as: J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2009 Feb 1;50(2):215–222. doi: 10.1097/QAI.0b013e3181900172

TABLE 2.

Percentages of Disclosure to 10 Potential Relationship Categories and Changes in Social Support After Disclosure*

Disclosed
Social Support
Categories of Relationships Yes % (n) More % (n) Same % (n) Less % (n)
Spouse 59 (20/34) 55 (11) 20 (4) 25 (5)
Boy/girlfriend 93 (117/126) 64 (71) 25 (28) 11 (12)
Casual partner 14 (6/43) 80 (4) 0 20 (1)
Commercial sex worker 0 (0/32) 0 0 0
Family 77 (145/189) 81 (118) 14 (21) 4 (6)
Other relatives 38 (71/189) 75 (53) 23 (16) 3 (2)
Friend 49 (89/182) 84 (74) 14 (12) 2 (2)
Health care professional 58 (109/189) 83 (90) 16 (17) 1 (1)
Religious leader 13 (23/173) 83 (19) 17 (4) 0
Employer 4 (3/70) 75 (3) 25 (1) 0
Overall Support 77 (443) 18 (103) 5 (29)
*

There are discrepancies in the number of individuals who answered the question on disclosure and those who answered questions on social support. For unknown reasons, some individuals did not choose to answer the support questions, leading to lower frequencies on these questions.