Table 2.
Network stigma on ego-alter relationship.
| Relations to egos |
PLWHAs' alters (N=940) n, % |
Caregivers' alters (N=990) n, % |
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| No stigma | 1 type* | 2 types | 3 types | No stigma | 1 type | 2 types | 3 types | |
| Spouse | 86 (93.5) | 3 (3.3) | 3 (3.3) | 0 | 96 (92.3) | 3 (2.9) | 1 (1.0) | 4 (3.9) |
| Other family | 467 (82.1) | 37 (6.5) | 15 (2.6) | 50 (8.8) | 464 (80.6) | 33 (5.7) | 13 (2.3) | 66 (11.5) |
| Friends | 111 (55.5) | 6 (3.0) | 15 (7.5) | 68 (34.0) | 99 (46.9) | 24 (11.4) | 12 (5.7) | 76 (36.0) |
| Others** | 28 (35.4) | 8 (10.1) | 8 (10.1) | 35 (44.3) | 49 (49.5) | 10 (10.1) | 14 (14.1) | 26 (26.3) |
*
1 type: Alter indicated any one of the three types of stigma;
2 types: Alter indicated any two of the three types of stigma;
3 types: Alters were stigmatising on all three types of stigma;
**
including colleagues, neighbours, doctors, etc.