TABLE 2.

Female Migrants’ Characteristics Associated With Stigma Toward PLWHA

	N	Mean	SD	F Value
Age
18–25 yrs	110	2.97	0.65	33.58***
26–30 yrs	135	3.27	0.70
30–35 yrs	159	3.59	0.78
>36 yrs	197	3.78	0.74
Ethnicity
Han	591	3.48	0.78	5.54*
Other	10	2.89	0.81
Education
No schooling	42	3.76	0.69	29.71***
Primary school	165	3.78	0.75
Middle school	316	3.41	0.74
High school or higher	78	2.88	0.67
Marital status
Single/separated/ widowed	72	3.02	0.76	27.51***
Married	529	3.53	0.77
Living with husband/boyfriend
No	92	3.23	0.76	9.75**
Yes	509	3.51	0.78
Duration in Shanghai
<1 year	38	3.03	0.65	13.01***
>1 year	563	3.50	0.78
Number of sexual partners
<1	546	3.49	0.79	4.76*
>1	55	3.25	0.71
Premarital sex
No	412	3.60	0.77	41.42***
Yes	189	3.17	0.74
Knowledge of HIV/AIDS
Poor	359	3.55	0.75	12.42**
Good	242	3.33	0.81
Recently had information about HIV/AIDS
Yes	96	3.22	0.77	12.07***
No	505	3.52	0.78
Previously heard of VCT
Yes	115	3.23	0.82	12.81**
No	486	3.52	0.76

Note. VCT – voluntary counseling and testing.

^*p < 0.05

^**p < 0.01

^***p < 0.001