Table 1.

Prevalence of HIV status disclosure by gender/sexual orientation and confidant (N = 3,233)

	MSM (N = 2240)		Heterosexual men (N = 367)		Women (N = 626)
	n	%	n	%	n	%
Overall disclosure status (N = 3233)
No one	113	5.0	61	16.6	98	15.7
At least one person	2127	95.0	306	83.4	528	84.3
	p < 0.001
Family members (N = 2645)
None	754	40.1	105	38.9	162	32.9
Some	613	32.6	118	43.7	233	47.3
Most or all	515	27.4	47	17.4	98	19.9
	p < 0.001
Friends (N = 2641)
None	283	14.2	133	55.9	173	42.5
Some	1110	55.6	90	37.8	200	49.1
Most or all	603	30.2	15	6.3	34	8.4
	p < 0.001
Family and friends combined (N = 2845)a
None	261	12.9	100	34.8	149	28.3
Some	1401	69.0	175	61.0	349	66.2
Most or all	369	18.2	12	4.2	29	5.5
	p < 0.001
Colleagues (N = 1400 employed)
None	621	54.2	79	84.0	135	84.4
Some	452	39.4	13	13.8	21	13.1
Most or all	73	6.4	2	2.1	4	2.5
	p < 0.001
Stable partner/spouse (N = 1631 in a relationship)
Not disclosed	54	4.9	25	10.9	38	13.0
Disclosed	1056	95.1	204	89.1	254	87.0
	p < 0.001

Information on non-disclosure overall was available for 3233 out of 3258 ASTRA participants

^aCombination categories created from disclosure to friends and disclosure to family variables as follows; none: none in both, or no answer in one and none in the other; some: some in at least one of the two variables, or most/all in one and either no answer, none, or some in the other; most/all: both variables most/all. Missing for 217 MSM, 86 heterosexual men, 110 women

P values by Chi squared test