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. 2016 Mar;106(3):492–496. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2015.302985

TABLE 1—

Association of Participants’ Characteristics and Mean AIDS Attitude Scale, Generic Version, Stigma Scores in a Sample of South Carolina Faith-Based Organizations: 2008–2009

Crude Models
Adjusted Model
Characteristic No. (%) Mean (SE) P Mean (SE) P
Gender < .001 .001
 Male 513 (29.4) 1.50a (0.054) 2.04a (0.097)
 Female 1234 (70.6) 1.05b (0.084) 1.69b (0.118)
Age, y .001 .51
 18–25 187 (10.7) 1.40a (1.128) 2.02a (0.181)
 26–34 253 (14.5) 1.00a (0.765) 1.75a (0.150)
 35–44 402 (23.0) 0.99a (0.804) 1.75a (0.131)
 45–54 381 (21.8) 1.16a (0.969) 1.88a (0.130)
 55–64 349 (20.0) 1.17a (0.966) 1.80a (0.129)
 ≥ 65 175 (10.0) 1.71b (1.432) 1.98a (0.155)
Educational attainment < .001 < .001
 Grades 1–11 154 (8.8) 2.05a (0.150) 2.46a (0.166)
 Grade 12 or GED 453 (25.9) 1.63a (0.088) 2.19a (0.117)
 Some college 577 (33.0) 0.95b (0.078) 1.60b (0.113)
 College graduate 347 (19.9) 0.76b (0.100) 1.48b (0.135)
 Graduate school 216 (12.4) 0.91b (0.127) 1.60b (0.156)
Marital status .005 .27
 Single 576 (33.0) 1.16a (0.079) 1.79a (0.109)
 Married 862 (49.4) 1.16a (0.065) 1.79a (0.099)
 Divorced 201 (11.5) 1.00a (0.134) 1.73a (0.155)
 Widowed 108 (6.1) 1.79b (0.183) 2.16a (0.201)
Religiosity .03 .16
 High 1183 (67.7) 1.11a (0.056) 1.82a (0.102)
 Low 564 (32.3) 1.32b (0.080) 1.96a (0.115)

Note. GED = general equivalency diploma. Adjusted model is adjusted for age group, educational attainment, marital status, religiosity, having a family member with HIV/AIDS, having personally known someone with HIV/AIDS, and knowing someone who is gay. Pairwise comparisons that do not share a superscript letter are significant at P < .05.