Appendix.
Summary statistics for respondents who had heard of HIV (n=8,052)
| N (%)* or mean (95% CI) | |
|---|---|
| HIV testing | |
| Ever been tested for HIV | 1,284 (15.3) |
| Had an HIV test in the past 12 months | 552 (6.7) |
| Characteristics | |
| Age (in years) | 30.3 (29.9–30.6) |
| Current marital status | |
| Never married | 2,208 (25.9) |
| Married or partnered | 5,353 (68.2) |
| Widowed, divorced, or separated | 491 (5.9) |
| Highest educational level | |
| No education | 3,966 (52.5) |
| Primary | 1,206 (14.3) |
| Secondary | 2,491 (28.7) |
| Higher | 389 (4.4) |
| Interviewed household head | 2,105 (26.4) |
| Wealth index † | |
| Poorest | 1,127 (15.2) |
| Poorer | 1,092 (15.8) |
| Middle | 1,269 (16.8) |
| Richer | 1,881 (21.9) |
| Richest | 2,683 (30.3) |
| HIV knowledge (3 categories) § | |
| Low | 1,432 (18.2) |
| Medium | 2,855 (36.4) |
| High | 3,630 (45.4) |
| HIV stigmatizing attitudes | |
| Endorsed at least one stigmatizing attitude | 5,406 (67.1) |
| Mean score of HIV stigmatizing attitudes scale ¶ | 2.56 (2.46–2.66) |
| Willing to care for relative with HIV | 2,543 (33.6) |
| Person with HIV allowed to continue teaching | 4,054 (52.2) |
| Would buy vegetables from vendor with HIV | 5,361 (68.6) |
| People with HIV should be ashamed of themselves | 4,346 (55.7) |
| People with HIV should be blamed for bringing disease | 3,585 (45.9) |
N refers to the raw number of observations, while the % refers to the survey-weighted percentage (not the raw percentage)
The household asset wealth index is calculated by applying principal components analysis to a set of household possessions and housing characteristics. The index is then defined as the first principal component extracted from the principal components analysis and used to categorize participants into quintiles of household asset wealth. Further details on the construction of the asset index can be found in Filmer D, Pritchett LH. Demog 2011;38:115–132.
The HIV knowledge score was generated by summing the total number of correct responses to a series of 5 questions about HIV transmission. Participants who had 0–1 correct responses were classified as having “low” HIV knowledge, 2–3 correct responses were classified as having “medium” HIV knowledge, and 4–5 correct responses were classified as having “high” HIV knowledge.
The HIV stigmatizing attitudes scale was generated by summing the total number of responses to five questions about persons with HIV, with responses indicating a negative view of persons with HIV coded to equal “1”. The scale ranges from 0–5, with higher values indicating a greater degree of stigma.