Table 3:
Frequency and percentages of responses to attitudes and belief questions (n = 256)
| Questions | Frequency | % |
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| Attitudes towards HIV carriers and AIDS patients | ||
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| Willing to live with people having HIV/AIDS in the same community | 153 | 59.8 |
| Reluctant to live with people having HIV/AIDS in the same community | 103 | 40.2 |
| Dislike having contact with HIV/AIDS people | 59 | 23.0 |
| Feel empathetic towards people living with HIV and AIDS | 103 | 40.2 |
| Contact with people living with HIV as before | 94 | 36.7 |
| Discriminate against people living with HIV and AIDS | 0 | 0 |
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| Attitudes towards prevention and control policies | ||
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| Provide condoms free in entertaining places | 221 | 86.3 |
| Support public health promotion | 254 | 98.8 |
| Chinese government capable of controlling HIV/AIDS epidemics | 58 | 22.6 |