Table I.

Discriminatory attitudes regarding HIV/AIDS, by sex and former plasma/blood donor status among 524 adult resident in Shanxi Province China.

		Proportion of discriminatory answers (%)
Items	Discriminatory attitude	Total (N=524)	Male (N=263)	Female (N=261)	p-value	Donors (N=115)	Nondonors (N=409)	p-value
If a teacher has the HIV/AIDS virus, but is not sick, should he or she be allowed to continue teaching in school?	No	57.2	58.2	55.9	0.61	67.0	54.3	0.02
Would you buy fresh vegetables from stall-keeper with AIDS?	No	79.0	77.2	80.8	0.30	90.4	75.6	<0.001
Would you allow your child to play with a child who has HIV/AIDS?	No	81.9	80.6	83.1	0.45	91.3	79.2	0.001
If you knew one of your neighbours was infected with the AIDS virus, how would you treat him/her?	Avoid	50.0	46.0	54.0	0.07	60.0	47.2	0.02
If you knew one of your neighbours was infected with the AIDS virus, how would you treat his or her family members?	Avoid	35.9	31.2	40.6	0.02	43.5	33.7	0.05

Note: ‘Avoid’ indicates that respondent say that they would keep away from the person.