. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Dec 1.

Published in final edited form as: AIDS Behav. 2009 Jul 29;13(6):1189–1196. doi: 10.1007/s10461-009-9596-0

Table 3.

Relationship with Person’s Disclosed to with Stigma among 277 HIV-Positive Men and Women Mozambicans 12 Months after ART initiation

	Overall Stigma Score	Stigma Domains
	Overall Stigma Score	t statistic	Personalized Stigma	t statistic	Negative Self-image	t statistic	Social/Public Stigma	t statistic
Mean stigma scores of those who disclosed (compared to those who did not disclose):
Spouse or partner	54.5 (55.1)	0.66	24.4 (25.0)	1.27	16.0 (16.1)	0.25	22.7 (23.2)	1.14
Family member	54.4 (55.9)	1.70^*	24.5 (25.0)	0.90	15.8(16.60	3.41^***	22.7(23.6)	1.80^*
Friend	51.9 (55.8)	4.52^***	23.3 (25.1)	3.48^***	15.3 (16.3)	4.21^***	21.5 (23.5)	3.88^***
Co-worker	51.6 (55.2)	2.99^**	23.5 (24.8)	1.76	15.2(16.2)	3.01^**	21.4 (23.2)	2.53^**

Note. Significance test were conducted using a two sided t test.

p < 0.05

^**

p < 0.01

^***

p < 0.001