Table 4.

Associations of network stigma with alters' social-demographic and network characteristics, analysed with Generalized Estimating Equations.

	PLWHAs' alters (N=940)			Caregivers' alters (N=990)
	OR	95% CI	P Value	OR	95% CI	P Value
Sex (ref: male)	0.93	(0.70, 1.25)	0.65	0.96	(0.76, 1.21)	0.72
Age (ref: >45)
<25	1.04	(0.50, 2.16)	0.92	1.23	(0.72, 2.11)	0.45
26–35	1.07	(0.69, 1.68)	0.76	1.00	(0.68, 1.47)	0.99
36–45	1.32	(0.89, 1.94)	0.17	1.18	(0.80, 1.75)	0.40
Education (ref: high school)
Elementary School or less	1.02	(0.56, 1.86)	0.94	1.03	(0.65, 1.61)	0.91
Middle School	1.25	(0.86, 1.82)	0.24	1.08	(0.78, 1.50)	0.63
Marital Status (ref: married)	0.83	(0.54, 1.29)	0.41	0.49	(0.30, 0.78)	<0.01
Relation (ref: friends)
Spouse	0.07	(0.02, 0.21)	<0.01	0.07	(0.03, 0.17)	<0.01
Other family	0.22	(0.14, 0.37)	<0.01	0.14	(0.09, 0.22)	<0.01
Others	1.70	(0.91, 3.17)	0.10	1.05	(0.70, 1.58)	0.81
Network Density	0.07	(0.01, 0.52)	0.01	1.27	(0.20, 8.14)	0.80
Length of Relationship with Egos (ref: 3 years or less)
More than 3 years	1.22	(0.56, 2.65)	0.62	0.88	(0.54, 1.44)	0.61
Contact Frequency with Egos (ref: daily)
Few times/week	1.01	(0.59, 1.71)	0.98	1.28	(0.74, 2.20)	0.38
Few times/month	1.11	(0.66, 1.87)	0.70	1.69	(1.08, 2.64)	0.02
Less than monthly	1.30	(0.69, 2.46)	0.41	3.11	(1.70, 5.67)	<0.01