Table 2.

Summary statistics of HIV stigmatizing attitudes, HIV disclosure concerns, and HIV transmission risk behaviors for men and women who had heard of HIV and were sexually active

	Total (n=24,030) N (%)* or mean (95% CI)	Men (n=7,897) N (%) or mean (95% CI)	Women (n=16,133) (%) or mean (95% CI)
HIV stigmatizing attitudes
Endorsed at least one stigmatizing attitude	15,607 (66.0)	4,971 (62.9)	10,636 (65.9)
Mean score of HIV stigmatizing attitudes scale¶	1.23 (1.18–1.28)	1.05 (0.99–1.11)	1.32 (1.26–1.37)
Not willing to care for relative with HIV	5,089 (22.1)	1,082 (13.7)	4,007 (24.8)
Person with HIV not allowed to continue teaching	10,383 (44.3)	2,970 (37.6)	7,413 (45.9)
Would buy vegetables from vendor with HIV	13,442 (56.7)	4,201 (53.2)	9,241 (57.3)
HIV disclosure concerns
Endorsed a desire to keep HIV-status of family a secret	12,512 (51.0)	4,137 (52.3)	8,375 (51.9)
HIV transmission risk behaviors
Used a condom at last sexual intercourse	1,527 (6.4)	938 (11.9)	589 (3.7)
Used a condom at every sexual intercourse	972 (4.1)	626 (7.9)	346 (2.1)
Having had any STD	2,627 (10.9)	756 (9.6)	1,871 (11.6)

^*N refers to the raw number of observations, while the % refers to the survey-weighted percentage (not the raw percentage)

^¶The HIV stigmatizing attitudes scale was generated by summing the total number of responses to three questions about persons with HIV, with responses indicating a negative view of persons with HIV coded to equal “1”. The scale ranges from 0–3, with higher values indicating a greater degree of stigma.