Table 3. Percentage and number of the respondents who had negative attitudes according to particular HIV stigma domains.
Domain | The question | Answered ‘Yes’ | Did not answer n (%) | |
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Weight % | n/N | |||
Anticipated stigma | 1. Most people hesitate to take an HIV or AIDS test due to fear of people’s reaction if the test result is positive for HIV. | 76.9 | 8,006/10,464 | 58 (0.6) |
Perceived stigma | 2. People living with or thought to be living with HIV or AIDS lose respect or standing. | 69.2 | 7,211/10,461 | 61 (0.6) |
Fear of HIV infection | 3. Do you fear that you could contract HIV if you come into contact with the saliva of a person living with HIV? | 57.0 | 6,031/10,458 | 64 (0.6) |
Social judgment | 4. Do you agree with this sentence?: “I would be ashamed if someone in my family had HIV or AIDS” | 38.2 | 3,931/10,459 | 63 (0.6) |
Experienced stigma | 5. You feel too disgusted to buy fresh food or ready-to-eat food from a shopkeeper or vendor whom you know has HIV or AIDS. (D1) | 52.1 | 5,429/10,465 | 57 (0.5) |
Discrimination | 6. You think that children living with HIV or AIDS should not attend the same classroom with other children. (D2) | 23.7 | 2,512/10,455 | 67 (0.6) |
UNAIDS global indicator for discriminatory attitudes toward PLHIV (answered “yes” to either question 5 and/or question 6) | 58.6 | 6,108/10,451 | 71 (0.7) |