Table 2. Frequency distribution of responses to the five questions on disclosure and stigma among 182 HIV-positive respondents aged 50 and over.

	Never	Seldom	Sometimes	Often	Very often	Total
Disclosure of HIV-positive status to others	9.3	4.4	20.3	19.8	46.2	100.0
Avoid disclosure of HIV status outside family	66.0	4.3	7.5	10.6	11.7	100.0
Been in situations where others say unfavourable things about people with HIV	26.9	9.3	19.8	22.5	21.4	100.0
Worried about others viewing them unfavourably because I am HIV positive	59.3	11.0	8.2	8.2	13.2	100.0
Feels treated as less competent because of HIV positive	63.7	6.6	12.6	7.1	9.9	100.0